Can You Spot the Differences? Both Are Lawyers, Real Estate Agents and Civic Leaders

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SEE PAGE 8 SEE PAGE 11 SEE PAGE 12 SEE PAGE 13 Analysis Can you spot the differences? Both are lawyers, real estate agents and civic leaders. What distinguishes Sparks Mario Trujillo and Carrie Uva from one another? Friday 93˚ fly at By Alex Dominguez Tem Claudia M. Frometa, Staff Writer Downey Council Member Alex Saturday 87˚ Saab, former Downey Mayor DOWNEY — With voting Fernando Vasquez, as well council already underway, two front as current Downey Planning runners have emerged in commissioners Miguel Duarte Downey’s City Council District and Nolveris Frometa. He also Sunday 84˚ 5 race. Candidates Mario Trujillo has the endorsement of Assembly and Carrie Uva seem to be the member Cristina Garcia. debate favorites to take Downey’s all- city seat. Uva has the endorsement of ON THIS DAY By Lawrence Christon Below is how they compare in four of five current City Council Contributor several categories. members (all but Alex Saab), OCTOBER 15 as well as the entire Downey Unified School Board. She is 1860: DOWNEY — At two hours Platforms/ideology also endorsed by former mayors 11-year-old Grace Bedell wrote to and twenty-eighty minutes after Trujillo is running on a Roger Brossmer, Mario Guerra, President Abraham Lincoln, asking him its scheduled 6 p.m.start time platform of public safety, Robert Brazelton, and Joseph to grow a beard. on October 1st , the Downey City economic recovery, health and Di Loreto, Downey Planning Council Candidates Forum drew education. Commissioners Patrick Owens, to a close, ending one of the Carrie Uva Mario Trujillo 1878: Jimmy Spathos, and Nolveris most spirited and free-wheeling He has also said that he Frometa, The Downey Association Edison Electric Company was debates the city has known in wishes to see no new taxes incorporated. of Realtors, and former 58th homefield advantage in this capture and prosecution. What I several election cycles. implemented on residents. District Assemblywoman Sally category; while nowhere near have learned is we have a lot of Co-presented by the Downey Uva, similarly, is running Havice, amongst other namely Trujillo’s dollar amount, her ratio work to do, particularly in the 1883: on stimulation of the economy, of contributions from within area of misdemeanors…The fact Chamber of Commerce and the community commissioners. The Supreme Court declared the Civil public safety, and quality of life. Downy Patriot, 9 aspirants for Downey far outweighs his. of the matter is our sheriffs have Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional. either election, or, in the case Particularly, Uva has indicated “I definitely feel I have been releasing people in this The act had guaranteed African of Mayor Blanca Pacheco, re- that she wishes to address the Funding the strong support of the catch and release program for Americans equal treatment on public election to the city council, city’s aging infrastructure. There’s really no comparison community,” said Uva. “Most of decades, and no one is talking transportation and allowed Blacks to shared Zoom box-space to in terms of amount of funding; my business comes from Downey about that. I know that because serve on juries. take their positions on rent Trujillo has outraised Uva (and residents; I’ve reached out to I’ve been in the system, I’m forgiveness, de-funding the Occupation part of the system, and I see the everyone else for that matter) Downey past clients and asked 1895: Downey Police Department, time Trujillo is a former elementary with an astonishing $135,526 for their support. You can see parts of the system that need to Henry Perky patented a machine for allowed public speakers at city teacher in South Los Angeles. He in campaign contributions, that’s where a majority of the be fixed. I don’t think Ms. Uva is the preparation of cereals for foods, council meetings; air pollution, was sworn in as a Los Angeles according to financial disclosure money has come from.” even familiar with the Catch and rejuvenating downtown Downey, Release Program.” otherwise known as shredded wheat. County Deputy District Attorney documents filed last month. “They believe in me, they and to make the case for in 1996, where he has earned a By comparison, Uva gathered want me to win this, they donated “We have to be held themselves as the best person 1951: 92% conviction rate over 115 jury $27,849. to the campaign, and they’re accountable when it comes to for the job. If memory of the “I Love Lucy,” starring Lucille Ball and trials. Trujillo attributes his helping me spread the word to our taxpayer money, and I have Trump-Biden debacle of two Desi Arnaz, debuted on CBS. Uva is a practicing Attorney their neighbors, friends, and ideas on how we’re going to nights earlier hung over the campaign’s financial success to specializing in Wills & Trusts people that they know who live do that, on how we’re going to proceedings at first, veteran his impressive rolodex. for 25 years. She is also a Real in Downey; they’re all actively not only modernize the police 1952: KCBS and KCAL news anchor “I’m blessed, I’m fortunate,” Estate Broker specializing in trying to spread the word…I department, but make it more Dave Lopez set down a 90 second said Trujillo. “The fact of the The children’s book “Charlotte’s Web” Residential, Commercial, and don’t know the numbers and effective so that we can not only rule for personal comment right matter is, I have a very extensive by E.B. White was published. Probate sales. She has been with the statistics of the percentage, capture people, but also deter away and rigorously stuck to it, network throughout Los Angeles 24 Hour Real Estate for 26 years. but I’m pretty sure it’s a very people from crime.” thus ensuring a reasonably civil County, particularly in the legal 1989: high percentage of the money Uva noted her vast experience and orderly function that didn’t communities.” that came from within the city, in Downey. Wayne Gretzky passed Gordie Howe as feel that it took up the amount Community “I’ve been involved in whereas my opponent the money the NHL’s all-time scoring leader. of time it did. Still, by evening’s “I know Downey from 55 political campaigns since I was didn’t come from the city; I end, it wasn’t clear that everyone Involvement years ago to the present. I don’t 12…the fact of the matter is I have think his percentage is probably was ready for primetime civic Trujillo is a former president think any other candidate can 1992: a very large rolodex, and in my 75-80% from outside the city governance. of Downey Kiwanis Club and 30 years of service in education say that,” said Uva. “I served Howard Stern began broadcasting his of Downey. A lot of that money on the public works committee radio show from Chicago. In certain respects, the rules former lieutenant governor of and with the District Attorney’s came from corporations and for the past - a little over - four of engagement that normally Kiwanis Club division 13. He office, I have made a lot of law firms, and outside interest years; learned a lot about our apply to debate; that is, the is also a Downey Recreation relationships, acquaintances; 1995: groups and I don’t have any of city and our infrastructure and statement of one’s position on and Community Services people who have become friends Saddam Hussein was re-elected those kinds of contributions; my how things work by serving on an issue, supported by facts, commissioner, appointed by who have absolutely no interest president of Iraq. The Iraqi government contributions come purely from the public works committee. logic, example and argument, Downey Mayor Blanca Pacheco. in the city of Downey. The only announced Hussein won with 99.96% business owners here in town, I’ve also had the honor and the didn’t always hold. Sometimes He is formerly a board member interest they have is supporting of all votes cast in his favor, and 99.47% and residents. pleasure to serve on the Measure candidates showed questionable of the Downey YMCA. me and my vision for trying to voter turnout. S committee…being part of that judgment or didn’t always make Uva is a Neighborhood Watch make this a better community… committee has also taught me a compelling arguments for their Captain, served as President most of my money has come In their own words: 2003: of the Downey Association of from friends and relationships in lot about our city and how things cause. Both candidates were asked China launched Shenzhou 5, its first Realtors in 2016, as well as the legal field. People who are my work…served as a past president The first question, submitted what separated them from the manned space mission. President of the Chamber of friends, and they do well.” of the Chamber of Commerce – beforehand by the public, dealt other. just finished that presidency in Commerce for 2019-2020. She He added that he’s “in it to with one of the most controversial Trujillo leaned on his June – and got to meet a lot of 2017: and heated issues the city has is a member of the Downey win it.” Lions Club, Downey Los Amigos knowledge of the criminal justice business owners, got to help a Actress Alyssa Milano tweeted “If you’ve faced in recent years, when “I want to do this; if I’m Kiwanis Club, Downey Sister system, saying that his 30 years lot of business owners, especially been sexually harassed or assaulted in late 2019 rent forgiveness going to do this, I’m going to do write ‘me too’”, prompting a flood of Cities, and a member of the of “dedicated public service during the whole COVID proponents, facing eviction from something right,” said Trujillo. replies across Facebook, Instagram and Downey A CERT team. She was working for the government” set thing…that was a great level of Eden Roc apartments, spilled out “It’s not like I ran in a previous him apart. experience for me as well.” Twitter. through the council auditorium, also appointed a commissioner district and I lost, couldn’t carry “I feel I have a great deal of gesturing, shouting, and angrily of the Downey Public Works “While other candidates may my own district and now I think experience that will definitely remonstrating in an effort to Committee and the Measure S talk about doing the work, I’ve I can run city-wide and win it.” help me as a council member to intimidate the city council into Oversight Committee. been doing the work. For the last “Listen, everybody can run if know what needs to be done; I compliance with their demands. 24 years, I’ve been in the trenches Notable Birthdays they want to. I’m going to do this, already kind of know a little bit Some even stood with bullhorns working with law enforcement R&B singer Keyshia Cole turns 39. I’m going to do it right, and I’m of what’s going on and can use outside the homes of council Endorsements to protect our community, going to get the resources to get my past experience to help me in British heavyweight boxer Anthony members, for the same reason. Trujillo is endorsed specifically the southeast.” my message out to the voters.” that roll once elected. Joshua turns 31. If for most of its history Downey by Downey Mayor Blanca “I know the intricacies of R&B singer turns 50. has been a notably quiet, even Pacheco, Downey Mayor Pro Uva enjoys somewhat of a a case, from investigation, to Ginuwine staid city, this was one topic Tito Jackson, the guitarist and original that seemed to reflect one of the member of The Jackson 5, turns 66. notable and widely acknowledged Celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse turns 61. developments of our time: the Singer, songwriter and Downey’s own breakdown of civil discourse. Richard Carpenter turns 74. Initially this pitted activist and self-described president Downey receives $1.5M in Covid of the Downey Tenants Union, Alexandria Contreras, against Mayor Blanca Pacheco, in the District 1 race. relief funds “I am a renter here in the city of Downey, Contreras said. By Alex Dominguez Microenterprise grants will any infrastructure challenges or around 30 applicants deep and “I know how difficult it can be Staff Writer receive the most funds at alterations that they’ve had to do with over 80 still to be assessed. for working class families, even $750,000. to be able to better manage the $311,780 will go to program lower middle income families, COVID period.” DOWNEY — The Downey “In general, we’d like to administration. to thrive and survive during offer up $25,000 to businesses to Phase II of the rental Richard Carpenter turns 74 the pandemic.” She implied City Council approved plans for Over $247,000 will be the allocation of federal CARES assist them with the challenges assistance program will receive split between public service that the city’s reluctance to they’ve faced through the $250,000, which will be added protect renters and homeowners Act funds at their meeting on programs, including Senior Meals Notable Deaths Tuesday. COVID period,” said Community to the $700,000 previously ($137,122), DUSD TLC ($20,000), constituted “moral neglect” Development Director Aldo provided by council during phase Paul Allen, a business magnate who Downey will be receiving over The Whole Child ($50,000), LA Pacheco countered that the Schindler. “For instance, any I. co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates, $1.5 million in funds, available CADA ($20,000) and Food Helps city’s $700,000 set aside for rent that they’re behind, any died on this date in 2018 of non- only to aid low to moderate Currently, there is around ($20,000). financially distressed renters utilities that they’re behind on, Hodgkin lymphona. He was 65. income residents economically $380,000 in funding left from The item was approved and homeowners indeed stood as any payroll that they’re behind Jason Collier, a center for the NBA’s challenged due to COVID-19. phase I. According to Schindler, unanimously. a moratorium. on, any personal protective costs the city is continuing to sort Atlanta Hawks, died suddenly in 2005 Small business and after collapsing during the off-season. that they’ve shelled out, and through the waitlist, having gone Continued on page 2 The cause of death was an enlarged heart. He was 28. 2 | The Downey Patriot Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020 Candidates make their cases

Continued from page 1 case. Contreras was later the allocation to three minutes 2nd and Downey Avenue, and done B-level traveling acts, the corrected. and looked silly doing so, by as Downey mayor had to recuse occasional art exhibit, and a Later she made a potentially Later, when the subject came citing the limit as the one himself from voting on any struggling symphonic orchestra. slanderous and explosive Another hot topic in the up again, she mentioned how , used by adjacent cities. This issue pertaining to the area, charge of sexual harassment debate dealt with the amount And the theater is expensive as a lawyer, she felt obliged to after repeated crowing about thus making himself, in effect, a and assault in reference to city of time allotted members of to run and maintain. Downey help the mom and pop business Downey’s elevated status as permanent lame duck figure. manager Gilbert Livas, who so the public when they step up to has no resident theater group, owners who bought and rented a step-up city in the region— far has maintained a spotless address the council. Trujillo had the line of the no professional dance company, properties and as landlords another item of holy writ by reputation for probity and night after conceding Martinez’ no resident troupe of actors, suffered painful financial For years it stood at five locals. conduct while in office. charge that he’d been cited for writers and designers to delight reversals when renters stopped minutes, but the shadow of Both Alvarez and Juan”Joey” violating a city noise ordinance. and inform local audiences and paying. This may have to do with an Armando Herman must have Martinez of district 5 considered give them a sense of place and incident, recently reported in the stalked the proceedings. “It’s the height of audacity Contreras answered by the cut an abridgment of First identity beyond Downey’s civic Cerritos News, in which a man For many months Herman, for you to criticize me for noise objecting to a $2 million budget Amendment rights. Mario institutions and noteworthy physically assaulted a female who appears to suffer from when you show up at my door allocation to the Downey police. Trujillo, also running in District service organizations Without panelist during a meeting of the coprolalia, has shocked council with a bullhorn!” he exclaimed. This was not politique. In 5, alleged that some of those the civilizing influence of Water District, which has been members and city staff with Downey, It’s virtual sacrilege to abusive speakers were “Making One topic integral to the life a robust arts tradition and the subject of recent reports outbursts of nonstop obscenity, criticize the devout sentiments a mockery of our democracy.” of a city that never came up was consciousness, the city of on dubious financial dealings. most notably hurling the accorded the police, which culture. Among cognoscenti, Downey, built by American District 3 candidate Catherine F-bomb at Mayor Rick Rodriguez Then they got into it. border the idolatrous. Contreras Downey has never lived down aviation, has for too long Alvarez later echoed Contreras’ immediately after Rodriguez Martinez Criticized Trujillo as also made use of an activist its shameful treatment of the demonstrated sleepy cultural assumption, seemingly unaware cautioned the audience against someone who, as a downtown mantra in a casual reference historic Downey Art Museum, complacency. of the potentially career-ending use of obscenity or abusive business owner, would invite to “Police brutality.`” She did the first of its kind in Los gravity of the allegation. language. conflict of interest charges were Eric Pierce, District 3, came not offer confirmed report or Angeles County, and for Pacheo he elected. This seemed a good up with one of the best lines: “I published statistics to make her The city eventually lowered to cite the refurbishing of the point. wasn’t born in Downey, but I got Downey Civic Theater as one here as fast as I could.” Fernando Vasquez was part of her achievements failed to owner of the restaurant-night acknowledge that nothing goes club Mi Cielo on the corner of into it except mostly one and

In Memory of Josephine Luciano Donations July 11, 1933 - September 26, 2020 sought for Josephine Luciano was the Third child born to Italian immigrants, Warrior Eduardo and Maria Luciano on July 11, 1933 in Lansdale, PA. She grew up Warehouse during the Great Depression. Since DOWNEY — Rotary Club money and food were scarce her of Downey and Stonewood Center are partnering to collect mother made clothes out of potato donations to benefit the Warrior sacks and fed the family dandelion Warehouse at Camp Pendleton. soup. Josephine experienced racism The Warrior Warehouse at a young age. She was thrown in provides support to U.S. Marines a closet many times at school by her German teacher who and their families. New and gently-used items resented her for being Italian. At 16 she married and had a needed include baby accessories, daughter of her own at 17. She bought her first house at 19. small children’s clothing, In 1955 They decided to head out west and bought a house household items, furniture, in Downey, CA. Years later she was hired as a librarian at the kitchenware, and linens. infamous Rockwell International. A short time after she was Donations can be dropped off at Stonewood Center in the divorced she met Gilberto Roblez and fell in love. They were parking lot off Woodruff Avenue married until his passing in 2008. Josephine passed away in on Saturday, Oct. 24, from 9 a.m. her home on September 26, 2020. Services will be held at Rose to 1 p.m. Hills on Oct 19, 2020 @ 1pm. Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020 The Downey Patriot | 3 Illegal ballot boxes pop up across LA, Orange counties DOWNEY — Elections County tweeted a photo of close family members, to return officials in California are warning himself holding a vote-by-mail a ballot. An official LA County voters to avoid illegal ballot ballot, standing next to a black The ballot must be signed by ballot box located boxes that have appeared in Los cabinet with a taped sign that both the voter and the person outside Downey City Angeles County and other parts read “official ballot drop off collecting it and dropped off at Hall. of the state. box.” The staffer, Jordan Tygh, a local election office within 72 The unauthorized ballot encouraged voters to message hours. him for “convenient locations” boxes were installed by the Operatives can be paid by to drop off their ballots. California Republican Party, the hour for collecting ballots in which indicated it won’t comply Republicans say this is California, but they cannot be with an official order to remove just ballot harvesting — a paid for the number of ballots the boxes. practice that allows volunteers, they collect. organizations, or campaign On Monday, California Barajas said the California workers to collect completed Secretary of State Alex Padilla Republican Party would remove ballots and drop them off at said his office, in conjunction the word “official,” but would not county election offices. with the state justice department, remove the boxes themselves. issued a cease-and-desist order “The Democrat anger is He said they could even add to the California GOP to remove overblown,” said California more of the boxes at additional the illegal ballot drop boxes that GOP spokesman Hector Barajas. locations including gun stores have appeared outside churches, He added that state laws and and churches across the state. gun stores, and other areas. regulations don’t indicate “Show us within the law, whether private organization’s Padilla said the notice was where we should stop,” Barajas drop boxes are permitted or not. also sent to the Republican told CBS Sacramento. “Tell us parties in the three counties in One of several options within the law, where we’re question and gave them until California voters have to return breaking the law.” Regarding Thursday to comply with the their mail-in ballot is choosing Padilla’s threat to take legal order to remove all the drop someone they trust to drop the action if the boxes aren’t boxes. completed ballot at a county removed, Barajas said: “We’ll see “If they refuse to comply, elections office. you in court.” then of course we will entertain In 2016, the law was all of our legal options,” Padilla expanded to allow volunteers, said at a virtual press conference campaign operatives, and private alongside State Attorney General organizations, in addition to Xavier Becerra. In Downey, there are two official ballot boxes: one is located outside Downey City Hall and the other is at Independence Park. Downey will also host four official voting centers. They will be located at Williams Elementary, the former Dressbarn at the Downey Promenade, Ward Elementary, and Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center. Rancho Los Amigos will open Oct. 24 for early voting and the other sites are scheduled to open Oct. 30. Last Thursday a regional field director with the California Republican Party in Orange

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By Bobbie Bruce We sing your praises inflate the balloon, the balloon Downey Historical Society We pledge our hearts to you caught fire and was destroyed. Here’s to alma mater One week later, Professor Harris got his balloon away but the DOWNEY — How excited I We’ll never fail was to find a scrapbook in our balloon leaked badly and a proper Remember you forever newspaper room at the history height could not be reached. The center that was prepared by Karen Downey High School hail wind blew the balloon over the Marie Walton - class of 1967. business portion of Downey, just The scrapbook was donated Karen had red paper napkins clearing the tops of the buildings. recently and it contained her printed with “Downey High School About to collide with the steeple memories of her senior year at 1967” which she kept from the of the Baptist church, the brave Downey High School. She included senior tea which was held at the professor dropped to the roof of in the book some of the highlights home of Jack Robinson. the church, slide to the edge and of her activities at school as being fell 20 feet to the ground. The The next part of the book balloon descended about a mile flag twirler, ASB secretary, Pep had some graduation cards and Club, HR Rep. Publication Staff, from town and was found to be poems sent to her for her special torn in several places. Quill and Scroll Secretary. event. Karen had a Downey High She also mentioned some School Viking pennant (maroon A newspaper reported on the of the special days celebrated at and white) which she attached next day’s activities: “On Saturday, school in the senior year such as numerous special pins of her a large crowd was on hand to see Clash Day, Hat Day, and the most activities she participated in while the Professor’s free show. The popular Bermuda Day, which was in high school. All Night Party damage in the ballon has been on April 20. at Wonder Bowl was attended on repaired by pasting cotton cloth over the torn places. At 11 am, all The fall play “Letters to June 17, 1967 and she attached a copy of the gusset card which was was ready. ‘Let her go,’ said the Lucerne” and spring play “Life daring air navigator.” with Mother” were well attended. signed and stated: “I assume full The annual Sweetheart Ball on Feb. responsibility that my guest will The 50 or so men or boys who 18 and the Girls League sponsored conform to the social regulations were holding her down let go of dance on April 8, which had a of Downey Senior High School. their hold. The big cotton globe, Sadie Hawkins Dog Patch theme, Smoking is prohibited at all school with the aeronaut suspended was attended by over 300 couples, sponsored functions.” beneath his parachute, shot which she mentioned in the The graduation cap and tassel upward rapidly and floated slowly scrapbook. were included in the scrapbook away to the westward. In a minute or two perhaps, the spectators Downey High had an all-school and also a copy of a business card from Room at the Top, a Hollywood caught a glimpse of a white talent show March 30-31. Another streak descending almost like the event was Senior Girls Guest restaurant where she went to celebrate pre-prom night. There lightning’s flash, then an opening Night on May 10, 1967, which was parachute dropping rapidly from presented by the Girls League in was also dried corsage saved from prom and a red cloth napkin. which the bold navigator was seen honor of the Class of 1967. The struggling to free himself to meet theme: “Happiness Is...Found Thank you, Karen, for saving more easily his anticipated fall. Through Memories.” this memory of a special time in your life so others can share it. An instant’s suspense -- a The last part of her scrapbook sickening thud -- and the form was on her graduation activities. of the aeronaut was seen lying The graduation record book was Hot Air Balloon motionless upon his back, within a included and it had special places few yards from the starting point. In the Downey Historical to put the names of the class Within a few minutes Professor Society newsletter of April 1992, officers, title of the theme of the Harris was assisted to his feet, the story of a Downey aviation year (“Tomorriw is Ours”), favorite trembling in every limb. teachers, and school activities. event of over 100 years before The book had places to insert was told. A brave professor, E.E. A soothing potion was classmates’ cards which were Harris, made aviation history in administered by Doctor Kendrick exchanged by students. Downey with his exploits in a hot and, with a little assistance, the air balloon. terribly jarred professor managed Next item was the graduation to leave the grounds. His escape It was the seventh of April 1892 program which was being held from death was miraculous. on Friday, June 16, 1967 at 8 p.m. that he first attempted a balloon on Burbeck Field. The topics of ascension from the park between We at the history center will the speeches were “Tomorrow the railroad track and First Street be glad to open for the public. We on the Horizon,” “Our World (Firestone Boulevard). The wind want to thank many people for of Tomorrow” and “Now is the was too strong to allow the balloon the support you have given us in Time”. to be inflated and the event was the form of donations of historical called off. items and funds. December 2020 Karen had a copy of her is our target for reopening but we He tried the attempt again graduation announcement which will keep you posted as to the exact the following day which was a was sent out to her family and date. Thanks again. friends. She kept the program for failure. Through the inexperience Senior Girls Guest Night which had of the assistant, the airship was Bobbie Bruce is a docent with the the alma mater printed on it: not sufficiently charged with hot Downey Historical Society. Hail to Downey High School air and descended slowly after reaching a height of about 50 feet. We’re strong for you On the second attempt to back in business Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020 Opinion The Downey Patriot | 5

rooftop. They were visited by police many times for fights, accidents and excessive noise in the community. Downey elections Dear Editor: Everyone knows our city pays each time our police officers have to respond to calls. This is not free. Writing letters has an air of nostalgia and a thing of the past. Dear Editor: However, I want to write a note of appreciation and support for my If Mario Trujillo wants to help Downey, he should pay us back for Thank goodness for the Downey Patriot. It’s good to know where past neighbor –Mario Trujillo. all the police visits to his failed restaurant. You know, the one that’s money comes from to support our City Council elections. vacant. Mario was my long-time neighbor and his family and my family I question all of the money gathered by Mario Trujillo. Strange continue to be friends. While living next door to me, I saw his children If Mario Trujillo can’t run a small restaurant, how will he run our that he has so many people interested in supporting him that don’t grow up to young adults and I remember his dedication to them, city? even live in Downey. Strange he accepted money from ASM Premier driving them every morning to Downey schools before going to work. Consultants, a marijuana lobbying firm. Leslie Botello When Mario celebrated holidays, he always invited his neighbors Downey I see the connection; this man plans on opening marijuana and made sure we were comfortable. I felt the warmth of his family dispensaries. Now I see all the interest -- everyone is interested through and through. in padding their pockets. No matter that this would bring the Mario always kept his eye on things in the neighborhood. Having undesirables to Downey. Dear Editor: Mario next door as a neighbor made me and my family feel safe. We Shame on our Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia and all of these Why would Mario Trujillo raise a record high $135,000? Never has simply knew that we could count on him. Often Mario would park his contributors. I’m sure they all know there’s money to be made off any council member raised so much money to run for our city council. car down the street instead of taking an available space and so allow this council seat. people to park in front of their homes. This is unbelievable that anyone would want this position so Herb Calderon badly to invest so much money. When I learned that Mario was going to run for Downey City Downey Council, I decided that he would be my choice for Downey City Even more interesting are his contributors. They are not innocent, Council, citywide District 5. every one of his contributors is going to ask for something. Aureliano Nava We are lucky enough to live in a financially sound city. Let’s keep Downey Dear Editor: it this way. Wondering what Mario Trujillo will do for Downey? He will run Noel Diaz our city into the ground. That is his expertise. Downey We all can remember the restaurant on Downey Avenue with the

There is at least one church-school in our city operating during the Helping one another five weekdays and presumably providing daycare, light instruction Sean Ashton’s hats and breakfast and lunch to a manageable number of preschool and lower elementary-aged children. There they are also given the Dear Editor: opportunity to again play with other kids their age, practicing social Dear Editor: There is a young man in Downey, as reported in the Patriot, who skills at the same time. There could well be more of such schools I have really tried to understand Councilmember Sean Ashton has collected in his garage 400 cases of water. It would be interesting planned for our city, as funds become available. Or they may already and his hats, but does he realize he embarrasses our city by wearing to know how many cases he has given away by now. be ready to open. such ridiculous hats? Also, there’s a food bank connected to a church here that has on But what other types of aid could be offered during these trying He is not, by any means, making a fashion statement. hand sacks and sacks of food and non-food necessities, the large days and weeks of Covid-19? One idea is to organize a chain of Brandon Niles majority of which may sit long on shelves, waiting for distribution. babysitting sites, so that mothers and fathers can go to their necessary Downey Is it possible this situation is repeated throughout the city? And have jobs, secure in the fact that their children -- those learning at home supermarkets, in their perceived obligations to charities, been too remotely, and other, younger kids -- are securely tended while they ready and willing to give only a few kinds of food, in bulk, oftentimes are gone. Such services could be funded by money normally spent on past the expiration date? already overstocked food pantries, or it may be donated time. This By a rough estimate there are 10 food banks/pantries in Downey, might already be happening. President Trump’s courage all or most of them privately funded, and many or most of them well- Another service conceivably needed is to assist pregnant and stocked with food and essential non-food items like toilet tissue, needy mothers. Interested people might decide to donate a 40-pack Dear Editor: waiting to meet peoples’ needs. Needless to say, the variety of the of disposable diapers, or a couple of containers of wipes. Baby toys I am pleased to report that President Trump has been nominated food could be more interesting and more nutritious. would also be very welcome to these mothers. Rides to the doctor’s for the Nobel prize in medicine and physics. office would also be very appreciated. Something else to consider Driving around Downey it is often the case where you will see no Citing President Trump’s efforts to try untested drugs on himself would be babysitting for the mother who has to go out, or offering homeless on the streets, near the supermarkets, the railroad tracks, to cure Covid-19 sickness, he demonstrated against all challenges a ride to the store if she has no car. This demonstrates “just being or even in front of the post offices. Oftentimes people laying on from the supposed experts that Dextamethasome is a cure for helpful” and the doing it can be its own reward. bus benches are doing only that - getting some rest until the next Covid-19 that no one except the President saw coming. His courage bus comes. There may be folks pushing stray shopping carts down Surely readers of this will come up with their own ideas of giving in testing this medicine on himself and the positive results are more Firestone or Paramount boulevards who are already overloaded with aid when and where it is needed. In summary: in and around the than sufficient and necessary reasons to qualify him for this award. Downey community, if you happen to notice a person in need, please clothing and recycling materials and don’t seem interested in food or Similarly, his courage in denying the effects of climate change follow through and help all you can. can’t carry or even open multiple cans of beans, soup, etc. where again he battled the so called scientific experts, plus his Families, hungry in their homes, are a different story. But in John DeLaney promulgation of the flat earth theory, are contributions to physics such cases they probably already have access to the country welfare Downey much greater than Einstein’s theory of relativity. program called CalFresh (the old food stamps). Should this be We should all take pride in President Trump’s accomplishments in depleted, Downey’s free food providers will step in, if they become medicine and physics. The world is better because of what President aware of the problem or emergency. Trump has done and that has finally been recognized. Jorge Montero Downey No matter who wins, there is no exit from this rollercoaster anytime soon

By Salena Zito and culture, they voted for themselves and their communities over with sweeping government changes to satisfy activists, or with both parties’ establishments. It wasn’t about voting for Trump. higher taxes needed to support those changes. They won’t take to the CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania — He has no idea which streets, but they will silently move away from the coalition in which candidate he’s going to vote for next month. A lot of very smart people keep missing that critical nuance. they had decided to dip their toe. The result will be an instantaneous The 36-year-old registered Republican and conservative found If Trump’s opponents, or those who cover him, were to spend any shift back toward Republican candidates for the 2022 midterm President Donald Trump’s comportment so distasteful in 2016 that time listening to voters and not making fun of them, categorizing elections, and the continuation of the wildly swinging wave elections he voted for Hillary Clinton. Since then, he found himself reluctantly them as a cult, racists, stupid or whatever word of the day, they we’ve been experiencing since 2006. liking Trump’s accomplishments and started leaning toward voting would understand that. In short, there is no exit from the roller coaster anytime soon. for Trump in 2020. But he puts the brakes on supporting Trump every I don’t mean parachuting in for a day at a diner and calling that time the president says something he thinks is outrageous. We keep sending Washington a message with our votes every two understanding of a community but walking in their shoes and their years, and Washington keeps misreading the results. Journalism has “I just want this chaos to end,” he says in frustration. “That is community’s streets to see how government has either failed them contributed to this; a government that operates out of a bubble has what I am going to vote for: no chaos.” or passed their community by. It wouldn’t hurt to stay in town for a contributed to this; Hollywood and our national sports leagues have couple of days, attend church with people, go to work with them or This suburban voter, like many others who might decide this contributed to this; and our national institutions have contributed watch them coach Little League. election, now leans more toward Joe Biden. He is not alone. to this. Look someone in the eyes while standing on the very ground they Many voters going into this election next month believe if Biden Our institutions’ lack of both racial and cultural diversity in the walk on, not from the bubble of your life experiences, and you might wins the presidency, the constant disruption, chaos and social unrest boardrooms are root causes. More people who come from a state experience a little empathy. will recede because Trump will no longer be president. Some of them school or community college; who sit in a pew every Sunday or attend are actually hinging their vote on that. Those exasperated voters and As for Biden, despite his wistful assertion that he is going to bring a mosque or synagogue; who own a gun or grew up in the projects every reporter who spins that reasoning are as wrong about that as this country together, anyone with a smidgen of understanding of need to be involved in the decision-making processes of places that they were in their belief that the 2016 election was all about Trump. the Democratic Party knows he will be hard-pressed to bring his own have an effect on our lives. It never was. party together, let alone an entire country. Instead, they are mostly filled with the best of the best Ivy League Trump was never the cause of the conservative populist coalition The hard and very vocal left will demand climate change graduates who never had those experiences — or, if they did, forgot that put him in office. He was the result of it. After decades of voters’ legislation, defunding or deep restructuring of our nation’s police their significance along the way. dissatisfaction with both political parties, institutions, government forces, free college tuition, a $15 minimum wage, “Medicare for All” People feel left out. People feel as though all of these entities are and a restructuring of our education system to include radical lessons picking winners and losers. Our elections reflect that chaos, and as a like The 1619 Project as part of the curriculum. result, people feel whiplash. The left will take its demands to social media, the streets and Biden’s team has tried to portray him as the salve that will heal Washington until they get what they want. That is not a threat; that our country. The hard truth is no matter who wins, no matter who is just a reality. Biden is not the far left’s candidate, but he is the takes the oath of office on Inauguration Day, our country will still be means to an end of Trump. Once elected, there is a valid expectation on a bender. of a far-left reward for voting for Biden. Salena Zito is a CNN political analyst, and a staff reporter and columnist The moderate Democrats, independents and suburban for the Washington Examiner. Republicans who may put Biden into office won’t willingly go along 6 | The Downey Patriot Comics/Crossword Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020 SPEED BUMP DAVE COVERLY

You can contact puzzle editor Stan- ley Newman at his e-mail address: [email protected]. Or write him at P.O. Box 69, Massapequa Park, NY 11762, Please send a self-addressed, stamped envelope if you’d like a reply. Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020 The Downey Patriot | 7 8 | The Downey Patriot Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020 Stauffer Foundation awards $175K Remembering in grants my dad, DOWNEY — The Mary R. Columbus High School Teachers be purchased for Warren Special encourage literacy. Stauffer Foundation is proud to received a total of 14 grants, Education students on behalf of Imperial and Gauldin received announce that it has continued its including a grant awarded to Science teacher, Alicia Tunberg. grants for poster and button Harold Tseklenis, partnership with Downey Unified music teacher Raul Guerrero, In order to improve learning makers while Stauffer Middle School District by awarding to purchase musical equipment for students with vision School received a grant to help $175,000 in Teacher, Principal that will expand Downey High’s impairment, Bianca Farina at purchase cardio equipment for and District grants for the 2020- Mariachi Program. Warren will utilize her grant to their fitness lab. Sussman Middle 21 school year. In addition, Biology teacher, provide glasses with blue lenses School and Griffiths Middle School on his 90th This fall, the foundation Branwyn Lee will be utilizing to ameliorate eye strain from received grant funds that will be received a record number of 31 her grant to build a “Botany extended computer use. used to commission the painting grant applications. DUSD’s high Garden” with three compost Notably, Columbus High of murals on school grounds. school teachers were invited to stations to educate students on School’s Jessica Ortiz will utilize Finally, the Mary R. Stauffer birthday apply and DUSD principals were the importance of environmental her grant to build a Student Foundation will be partnering invited to submit for the Linda preservation. Wellness Center where students with Downey Unified to design, Kennedy Principal grant. The Darrelle Nikaj received a grant can gather, relax, meditate and build, program, and compete in main focus of this year’s grants to purchase projectors, ladders, receive mental health support. STEM competitions in a safe and By David Tseklenis were to support innovative appropriate space. paint and supplies that will create Principals also received a total ideas that emulate the Mary R. “Collaborative Student Murals.” of 14 grants, including Maude “The Dr. Mary R. Stauffer Stauffer Foundation’s mission to DOWNEY — Today, Warren High Culinary Arts teacher Price’s grant called “One School, Foundation is thrilled by the new motivate students and teachers October 13, 2020, marks Harold Johnny Zegarra received a grant One Book” in which a book will be projects and initiatives that will to reach their scholastic, athletic Tseklenis’ birthday, his 90th. that will provide cooking utensils provided to all teachers, students be started with the help of this and artistic potential. for students to utilize at home. and families to read at home with year’s grants,” the foundation For most it would be a Warren, Downey and Hands-on physics materials will enriching follow up activities that said in a statement. “From milestone, except to his family expanding visual and performing and friends. We won’t be art programs to creating social celebrating with him. But we emotional wellness centers, to will remember him. providing for the unique needs of students with disabilities, the He passed away last Downey Unified teachers and staff December. Many of the Downey have found creative opportunities Patriot’s readers may recall the for their students to flourish even heartfelt stories written about in this unprecedented time. him by Eric, by Lorine, and by $100 Merit Awards Larry in these pages. Harold The Mary R. Stauffer read the Patriot faithfully. To Foundation continued its tradition him it was more than just a community newspaper. It was of awarding Scholar-Athlete $100 occasions we could all a forum for Downey’s citizens merit awards to the Warren High assemble, and gladly. My dad students who maintained at least – to voice their concerns and loved to cook and loved to a 3.5 GPA and lettered in a sport as sometimes even their pleasures entertain guests. a 9th, 10th, or 11th grader during about his town and its people. the 2019-2020 school year. Harold was one of them, one of If most of us weren’t After receiving the list of you. around, Harold would like qualified students from Warren, to drive to the Getty Center For most of Harold’s on Oct. 8, the foundation sent in West LA. There as the sun dynamic life he didn’t count off 121 $100 award checks to the receded over the Pacific, he his birthdays. He would say, school for distribution to the could enjoy architecture and “Who’s counting.” But in his students. culture at their utmost. The waning years, he would chuckle In the past, these students setting must have reminded that each year counted very were presented their awards at a him of Greece, like the much. Although to him his Warren football game. This year, Acropolis in Athens or ancient birthday wasn’t a big deal. the coronavirus protocols did not Olympia near where he grew allow the traditional recognition, Yet there were two things up. so the foundation celebrates them he enjoyed doing to mark the While we think of Harold publicly in this publication. occasion. If family was in town, and his wife Anna on his The Downey High Scholar- we would gather for barbecue birthday this year, especially Athletes and Warren seniors dinner at his and Anna’s home. received their awards last May this year, countless of us and were published in June. The For us it was like a holiday around the world have had to community can be proud of these meal simply because it was endure similar and incalculable students. one of the few and exceptional loss. Together we remember. Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020 The Downey Patriot | 9

Short Story: Age is just a number

By Anthony R. Kingsley experience after being away 75 made my first zip-line ride for 65 years. But then, he had a in Williams, Arizona on a drive In 1985, at the ripe old age dream. back from Texas. of 45, I had been working for Something similar to the At 76, I drove Route 66 from a company for six years. The owner of a little hotel that Los Angeles to Chicago, a round company was sold and me with I stayed at on the island of trip of about 4,030 miles and, it. Moorea. It was run by a Swiss at 79, I took my first hot-air The president asked me to gentleman who had been given balloon ride in Phoenix. stay on with the title of Vice- a round-the-world ticket as a At 80, I was planning a drive President of Finance. I said no. graduation present in 1936. He to Montana. My friend said that I was already dreaming of palm got to Tahiti, married a Tahitian was very ambitious. But the trees and warm lagoons. Maybe lady and never left. He was round trip is about 2,470 miles, a go to Tahiti and become another planning to take his wife to lot shorter than the Chicago trip. Paul Gaugin. Switzerland in 1986. Imagine But then I was four years older. going back after 50 years. Of course, accountants The coronavirus put a are not renowned for artistic And there was Gerhard, a damper on my plans. I had abilities. But Gaugin started Swiss engineer about 60+ years planned to rent a car but who out his life at age 23 as a of age. He quit his job and went had the car before me and how stockbroker. He did have a to Tahiti. He married a Tahitian well was it cleaned? And having hobby, painting, unlike Anthony lady; they had a baby and I never to stay in a hotel room that, who had no experience painting heard from him again. again, who was there before and but lots of dreams. Gaugin died Later I boarded my flight how well was the room cleaned? at a fairly young age of 54. to Auckland, New Zealand and Maybe next year. Many people commented followed the old gentleman from Anthony R. Kingsley is a member that I was too young to give up the previous flight. of the writing class offered a good position. But I thought At age 70 I had a heart attack through the Cerritos College Adult if not now, when? I had a lot in Chicago just before beginning Education Program. It is normally of years left and confidence a new job. At 72, I joined the held off-campus at the Norwalk that I could pick up the pieces Peace Corps for a six-month Senior Center. and continue. After all, I had stint in the Philippines and at completed my master’s degree three years before. I packed my bags, boxed up my bicycle and boarded an Air France flight to Papeete, Tahiti in French Polynesia. On the plane I sat beside an old gentleman; he never did reveal his exact age. He said that he had gone to Europe with the New Zealand expeditionary force to fight in World War One. After the war, he went to England, got married and settled down. His wife died and he was going back to New Zealand to start a new life. So, if he fought in WWI, he was probably born around 1900. And that would make him around 85. Kind of ambitious to be starting a new life. Imagine the changes he was going to

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DOWNEY — Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed legislation camouflage or substantially similar to those of the United States authored by Senator Bob Archuleta (D-Pico Rivera) regarding Armed Forces. “Our police are not a military force,” said Senator veterans, the environment and public safety. Archuleta. “And it should not be made deliberately difficult for a Archuleta represents Downey in the California State Senate. member of the public to distinguish between the two.” Senate Bill 480, the prohibiting law enforcement agencies Senate Bill 480 is one of the first legislative efforts in the from authorizing their employees from wearing uniforms that are nation to address the confusion between members of the armed forces and law enforcement. The bill protects service members, law enforcement officers, and civilians by ensuring that there are clear identifying features on police uniforms that distinguishes them from the military and prohibits the use of camouflage unless it is being POETRY MATTERS worn by tactical teams, such as SWAT and Special Operations. “The main objective of military camouflage is to deceive the enemy as to the presence, position, and intentions of military All Hallows formations. But, police officers protect and serve their communities. Deceiving the public should never be the purpose of law enforcement

officers performing their duties in America,” said Senator Archuleta. Even now this landscape is assembling. Since the introduction of this bill, similar legislation has been The hills darken. The oxen proposed on the federal level as the nation works to rebuild the sleep in their blue yoke, relationship between law enforcement and the public. the fields having been Senate Bill 588 creates guidelines for state department’s awarding picked clean, the sheaves contracts to a prime contractor that pairs with subcontractors bound evenly and piled at the roadside through the Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE). This legislation gives state departments the tools necessary to hold prime among cinquefoil, as the toothed moon rises: The fear of this personal information being taken has created a contractors accountable. chilling effect on the volunteer efforts of organizations

“Disabled Veteran business owners will now be able to conduct “Our communities always benefit from people getting involved,” This is the barrenness business on a level playing field,” Sen. Archuleta said. Sen. Archuleta said. “I am proud to help those that want to make a of harvest or pestilence. Senate Bill 895 will allow state funds previously earmarked for difference in the lives of their children.” And the wife leaning out the window ‘clean diesel’ investments to instead be invested in zero-emission Senate Bill 907, expanding upon California’s proud history of with her hand extended, as in payment, technology development and deployment. The funds, managed by protecting children and providing support for military families. the California Energy Commission (CEC) through the Diesel Emission and the seeds SB 907 now requires local Child Welfare Services offices, in cases of Reduction Fund, were set aside for ‘clean diesel’ in 1989, when few distinct, gold, calling alleged child abuse or neglect, to determine if the parent or guardian cleaner alternatives existed. Come here is an active duty military member. This would help the children of “We now know that there is no such thing as ‘clean’ diesel,” military families by improving coordination between the on-base Come here, little one Sen. Archuleta said. “Today, we have 100 percent zero-emission Family Advocacy Program and the county Child Welfare Services alternatives like hydrogen fuel cell vehicles that can replace heavy offices. The bill also clarifies that Child Welfare Service offices have And the soul creeps out of the tree. diesel polluters like trucks and buses immediately, and we should be the existing authority to develop Memorandums of Understanding investing in those technologies whenever we can.” with military installations within their jurisdiction regarding their Louise Glück, The First Four Books of Poems, Harper Collins, Senate Bill 905 adds to the existing privacy protections of roles and responsibilities in investigating allegations against active- 1963 citizens and undocumented immigrants alike within the state while duty service members assigned to units on those installations. still ensuring the safety of minors or other vulnerable individuals. “States have the responsibility and the authority to address the While the law allows organizations to request all of an applicant’s welfare of all children residing in their state. The Department of This week American poet Louise Glück was awarded the Nobel Prize records of convictions from the California Department of Justice if Defense has the same obligation to address child abuse in military for Literature. The committee cited her ability to move between families. By giving our counties and our military bases every tool autobiography and myth, making both worlds her own. Here’s one for the applicant would have supervisory or disciplinary power over a possible, we ensure that all children in California are safe and receive Hallowe’en. “I love those poems that seem so small on the page,” she minor or another in their care, these requests can be exploited to says, “but that swell in the mind.” Poetry Matters is curated by Lorine divulge the location of undocumented individuals that are applying whatever prevention and rehabilitative services they need,” said Parks. to volunteer in their communities. Senator Archuleta. 12 | The Downey Patriot Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020 Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Early detection is key

Breast cancer is a potentially Month, it’s vitally important Center. “Early detection saves Men also can get breast cancer, to your doctor about getting a influence your breast cancer deadly disease that affects to have a better understanding lives because it is the best way but it’s not very common. Less mammogram.” risk. You may not be able to approximately 245,000 women of the symptoms, causes and to diagnose the disease when than 1% of breast cancers occur change some factors, such as each year in the U.S. and causes importance of early detection it’s easier to treat, and before it in men, the CDC reports. getting older or your family What Are the more than 44,000 to lose that in many cases can be the reaches an advanced stage that The United States Preventive history, but you can help lower their lives, according to the difference between life and often can lead to more serious Services Task Force (USPSTF), symptoms? your risk of breast cancer by Centers for Disease Control and death, according to a health complications, including death.” an organization made up of According to the CDC, there taking care of your health in the Prevention. expert. Most breast cancers are doctors and disease experts are different symptoms of breast following ways: Additionally, it is estimated “Next to skin cancer, found in women who are age who look at research on the cancer, which include: If you have a family history that one in eight women in breast cancer impacts more 50 or older, but breast cancer best way to prevent diseases Any change in the size or the of breast cancer, talk to your the United States (12%) will be American women than any also affects younger women, and make recommendations on shape of the breast. doctor about other ways to lower diagnosed with breast cancer in other form of cancer,” said Dr. according to the CDC. About 10% how doctors can help patients your risk. Pain in any area of the her lifetime. Lisa Heindl, who specializes in of all new cases of breast cancer avoid diseases or find them breast. Keep a healthy weight. With October being National breast cancer surgery at Kaiser in the U.S. are found in women early, recommends that women Nipple discharge other than Exercise regularly. Breast Cancer Awareness Permanente Downey Medical younger than 45 years of age. who are ages 50 to 74 and are at average risk for breast cancer breast milk (including blood). Don’t drink alcohol, or limit get a mammogram every two A new lump in the breast or alcoholic drinks. years. Women who are 40 to 49 underarm. If you are taking, or have years old should talk to their “If you have any signs that been told to take hormone doctor about when to start and worry you, see your doctor right replacement or birth control how often to get a mammogram. away,” Dr. Heindl said. “Most pills, ask your doctor about the Before age 50, the USPSTF women who get breast cancer risks and find out if it is right for encourages women to weigh the have no known risk factors and you. benefits and risks of screening no history of the disease in their If possible, breastfeed your tests when deciding whether families, so it’s important to be children. to begin getting mammograms vigilant and do what you can to “Staying healthy throughout before age 50. lower your breast cancer risk.” your life will lower your risk “Although breast cancer of developing breast cancer screening cannot prevent breast and other diseases and will cancer, it can help find breast Breast Cancer Risks also improve your chances of cancer early, when it is easier The CDC notes many factors surviving cancer if it occurs,” Dr. to treat, said Dr. Heindl “Talk over the course of a lifetime can Heindl said.

that women with known risks not be placed on HRT to control Breast Cancer FAQs of menopausal symptoms. They should instead seek other safer alternatives. Questions and answers provided Are mammograms painful? by the National Breast Cancer Mammography does Can drinking alcohol increase the Foundation compress the breasts and risk of breast cancer? can sometimes cause slight Moderation is key. One Can physical activity reduce the discomfort for a very brief drink per day has been shown risk of breast cancer? period of time. Patients who to slightly increase the risk of are sensitive should schedule breast cancer. Having more than Exercise boosts the immune their mammograms a week one drink per day has shown to system and helps you to keep after their menstrual cycle so be a more significant risk factor, your weight in check. With as that the breasts are less tender. and the alcohol content doesn’t little as three hours of exercise Your doctor may say it is fine matter: wine, beer or a mixed per week, or about 30 minutes a to take acetaminophen an hour drink. Alcohol also increases day, a woman can begin to lower before the x-ray is performed to estrogen in your bloodstream. her risk of breast cancer. This prevent discomfort too. doesn’t require going to a gym Although we know that either. Power walking is more more than one drink per day than sufficient! Is there a link between oral increases risks, to date there contraceptives and breast cancer? are no studies that demonstrate directly that the more a person There is an increased risk of Can a healthy diet help to prevent drinks, the greater their risk breast cancer for women who breast cancer? for cancer. And in some cases, have been using birth control A nutritious, low-fat diet drinking one glass of wine a day pills for more than five years. (30 grams or less) with plenty can offer heart-health benefit. However due to the low amount of fruits and green and orange of hormones in birth control vegetables can help reduce the pills today, the risk is relatively What kind of impact does stress risk of developing breast cancer. small. But if a young woman has have on breast cancer? A high-fat diet increases the risk a significant family history of because fat triggers estrogen In 2012, some research breast cancer, her gynecologist production that can fuel tumor studies have shown that factors may recommend taking a growth. such as traumatic events and break for a year from the pill losses can alter immune system at the 5-year time frame then functions, and when immune Does smoking cause breast cancer? resuming again for another 5 functions are altered cancer Smoking is a confirmed years. Although evidence-based cells may have an opportunity risk factor for many types of research data does not offer to get themselves established cancer. Recent research in the strong support for this standard within one’s body. What has last year (2012) has confirmed of care, it has nevertheless been shown is that it is not the that smoking is a contributing become an increasingly common fact that a major life crisis has risk factor for developing practice. occurred but instead how the breast cancer. Additionally, individual reacted to this event second hand smoke is also a Is there a link between hormone and coped (or didn’t cope). risk factor for cancer. So if you replacement therapy (HRT) and Therefore, identifying ways to are a smoker, help yourself breast cancer? keep your stress level in check in a significant way and join a is wise. Yes, there is. HRT was added smoking cessation program to to the carcinogenic list by the help you stop. American Cancer Society in the early 2000s. It is recommended Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020 The Downey Patriot | 13

Olympics – the 1948 Summer Olympics in London was the last to U.S. Army soldiers to engage with the Japanese in World War II. feature Army members on the U.S. Olympic Equestrian Team. Horanzy found a Japanese flag in one of those downed planes Russell didn’t medal then, but when he returned to the 1952 and kept it as a souvenir. As the war continued, he went on to fight Obituaries Summer Olympics in Helsinki, he and his horse, Democrat, were in New Guinea. part of the bronze-winning jumping team. After World War II, Horanzy worked for the Department of Russell went on to run the United States Modern Pentathlon Defense at the Frankford Arsenal, and he talked to school groups Training Center in San Antonio. There, he coached and mentored and others about his experiences in the war. generations of athletes. Horanzy was a founding member and president of the He was a member of the United States Show Jumping Hall of Philadelphia Liberty Bell Chapter of Pearl Harbor Survivors, and he Fame and was awarded the Gold Medal of Honor by the Union was the chapter’s last living member. Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne. “There was no mistaking it,” Horanzy said of the attack. “I’ve just been damned lucky all my life,” Russell said in a 2011 “Japanese planes were flying so low their red circle insignia and interview. “I really have no regrets. Of course, if I hadn’t done the even the heads of the pilots could be seen from the ground.” riding, I might have been promoted more within the Army, and it might have been nice to retire with a couple of stars. But then I wouldn’t have had all these incredible experiences with horses. So I don’t think I’d change a thing.” Bette Greene Bette Greene, an author of children’s and young adult books including the 1973 National Book Award finalist “Summer of My German Soldier,” died Oct. 2 of congestive heart failure. She was 92. Conchata Ferrell “Summer of My German Soldier” takes place in Arkansas Conchata Ferrell, the actress who starred as the wisecracking during World War II, following a young Jewish girl as she develops housekeeper Berta for all 12 seasons of the hit sitcom “Two and a a relationship with a German POW and hides him in her garage. Half Men,” died Oct. 12 at the age of 77 of complications following Greene later said that the story was autobiographical. cardiac arrest. Beloved by readers, “Summer of My German Soldier” has Joe Morgan Ferrell was well known for playing the beloved wisecracking also been targeted by book-banning campaigns. Greene’s “The Joe Morgan, a legendary second baseman known best for his housekeeper Berta on the hit CBS sitcom ‘Two and a Half Men,’ Drowning of Stephan Jones” (1991) was another frequently time with the Cincinnati Reds, where he helped the club win two which starred Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer. She was nominated challenged book, taking inspiration from a real-life case of three World Series titles, died Oct. 11 at age 77. twice for an Emmy award for her role on the show. young men who killed a gay man by throwing him off a bridge. Morgan played second base in the majors with many teams The long-time actor has a lengthy list of credits including a Greene won the Newbery Honor for her 1974 book “Philip Hall during a long career, but he is best known for winning two World recurring role as attorney Susan Bloom on ‘L.A. Law’ and the owner Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe.” Her other books include “Morning Is a Series titles with the Cincinnati Reds in 1975 and 1976. of a pizza parlor in the popular indie movie ‘Mystic Pizza,’ which Long Time Coming” (1978) and “Them That Glitter and Them That starred Julia Roberts. Affectionately called “The Big Red Machine,” the legendary Don’t” (1983). team featured stars Morgan, Johnny Bench, Pete Rose, Ken Griffey, Tony Perez, and Dave Concepcion. Morgan, who won the NL MVP award both years the Reds won Tom Kennedy Roberta McCain the championship, was known for his unusual habit of pumping his Tom Kennedy, a legendary TV game show host known for “Name Roberta McCain, the mother of Senator John McCain, died Oct. back elbow up and down when hitting. He did this to make sure to That Tune” and “Split Second,” died Oct. 7 at age 93. 12 at the age of 108. not drop his elbow at the plate. Kennedy was a familiar face on television game shows during the McCain, an oil heiress, was the matriarch of a well-known Morgan also played with Houston, San Francisco, Philadelphia, genre’s heyday. He was the host of numerous TV game shows over military family. She was married to John S. McCain Jr., a four-star and Oakland. He was a 10-time All-Star and first ballot Hall of Fame a long career, including the popular ‘Name That Tune’ along with Navy Admiral who was a commander of forces in the Pacific during selection in 1990. ‘Split Second’ and ‘Break the Bank.’ the Vietnam War. After his playing career, he was a popular TV analyst for baseball His first TV game show hosting job was on ‘Dr. I.Q.’ in 1958. Her father-in-law, John S. McCain Sr., was a four-star Navy on ABC, NBC, and ESPN. Kennedy also had minor acting roles appearing on TV series ‘That Admiral who commanded forces in the Pacific during World War II. Girl’ and ‘Hardcastle and McCormick.’ Her son John McCain was a Navy pilot whose plane was shot down in 1967 over Vietnam. He would endure both physical and Whitey Ford mental torture as a POW for over five years. Whitey Ford, a legendary pitcher who helped lead the New York Margaret Nolan Roberta McCain did not make public statements while her Yankees to six World Series titles, died Oct. 8 at age 91. Margaret Nolan, a British actress known for films including son was in prison except for writing a letter shortly after he was Born in New York City, Whitey Ford donned a New York Yankees “Goldfinger,” in which she was painted gold and wore a gold bikini captured to President Johnson expressing support for his policies in uniform for his entire 16-year Major League Baseball career. Ford for the iconic title sequence, died Oct. 5 at age 76. Vietnam. holds the best winning percentage of any pitcher in the 20th Nolan began her career as a model, then began taking acting In 2008, she became a public figure, known for her honest and century, with a record of 236 wins against only 106 losses. roles in the early 1960s. She became one of the symbols of England’s direct statements while speaking on behalf of her son John during He is the winningest pitcher in Yankees history and was an Swinging Sixties, beginning with her uncredited appearance in the his 2008 presidential campaign. important part of the dynasty that won six World Series titles in the 1964 Beatles film “A Hard Day’s Night.” “I don’t do anything I’m supposed to do. I don’t exercise and 1950s and early 1960s. That same year, she filmed the “Goldfinger” title sequence as today, I’ve already eaten a half a box of caramel popcorn,” she said Ford still holds World Series records for games and starts, well as appearing in the film as Dink, James Bond’s masseuse. in an interview with Vogue. “Honey, I’ve had a dream life, and it was all luck.: innings pitched, victories and strikeouts. He was a 10-time All-Star, Nolan was featured in six installments of the popular “Carry won the Cy Young award in 1961 and was elected to the Hall of Fame On” series of British comedies, including “Carry On Cowboy” (1965) in 1974. and “Carry On Girls” (1973). She appeared in TV shows including Ford served in the Army during the Korean War. Though “Steptoe and Son” and “Fox.” opposites in personality, the outgoing Ford and shy Yankees Nolan largely left the acting world after the mid-1980s, working star Mickey Mantle were best friends and were known for their in permaculture in Spain and creating photomontages based on her adventures out on the town. vintage publicity photos. “It never was anything I imagined was possible or anything I She returned to the screen in 2011 for “The Power of Three” dared dream about when I was a kid growing up on the sidewalks of and has a small role in the upcoming film “Last Night in Soho,” New York,” Ford said of his election to the Baseball Hall of Fame. “I scheduled for a 2021 release. never really thought I would make it as a kid because I always was too small.” Alexander Horanzy Alexander Horanzy, a U.S. Army veteran of World War II who John Russell was a survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor, died Oct. 1 of heart John Russell, a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and the oldest failure. He was 98. living Olympic medalist, an equestrian who took bronze in the team jumping event at the 1952 Olympics, died Sept. 30 at age 100. Horanzy was stationed with the 24th Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks on December 7, 1941, when Japanese planes Russell served in the mounted 104th Cavalry of the National bombed Pearl Harbor. Guard during World War II, fighting in Africa, Italy, and Germany. He was honored with a Purple Heart, a Bronze Star, and the Soldier’s Horanzy was loading trucks with ammunition, in case the base Medal. needed to be defended from ground troops, when low-flying enemy planes made them run for cover. His division responded to the It was as a soldier in the U.S. Army that he competed in his first attack, shooting down five Japanese planes and becoming the first 14 | The Downey Patriot Legal Notices/Classifieds Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020 CLASSIFIEDS FOR RENT SERVICES SERVICES SERVICES SERVICES

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[email protected] 2D located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, Other California statutes and legal authority FICT. BUS NAME FICTITIOUS BUSINESS GOVERNMENT CA 90012. may affect your rights as a creditor. You NAME STATEMENT The Downey Patriot IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the may want to consult with an attorney 9/24/20, 10/1/20, 10/8/20, 10/15/20 petition, you should appear at the hearing knowledgeable in California law. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS File Number 2020133350 CITY OF DOWNEY THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) and state your objections or file written YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the NAME STATEMENT SUMMARY OF ORDINANCES SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, objections with the court before the hearing. court. If you are a person interested in the File Number 2020140491 DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) BELLA’S COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES PRETTY THINGS CO., 12615 GURLEY ADOPTED Your appearance may be in person or by estate, you may file with the court a Request THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE your attorney. for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) 105 SOCAL AVENUE, DOWNEY CA 90242 FOR CHANGE OF NAME Articles of Incorporation or Organization On October 13, 2020, the City Council IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets TOWING, 9351 WASHBURN RD #13, of the City of Downey adopted the CASE NUMBER: 20NWCP00238 creditor of the decedent, you must file your or of any petition or account as provided in DOWNEY CA 90242, LA COUNTY Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) BRENDA following Ordinances: claim with the court and mail a copy to the Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Articles of Incorporation or Organization BETSY DEL CARMEN HERNANDEZ filed a personal representative appointed by the Special Notice form is available from the Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A RANGEL, 12615 GURLEY AVE, DOWNEY petition with this court for a decree changing CA 90242 Adopted Ordinance No. 20-1453, an court within the later of either (1) four months court clerk. REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) CARLOS Ordinance of the City Council of names as follows: from the date of first issuance of letters to a Attorney for petitioner: ALVAREZ, 9351 WASHBURN RD #13, State of Incorporation: N/A Present name (1) BETSY DEL CARMEN THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an the City of Downey adding Section general personal representative, as defined RONALD BERMAN ESQ DOWNEY CA 90242 8986 (“Electric Vehicle Charging HERNANDEZ to Proposed name (1) BETSY in section 58(b) of the California Probate SBN 079775 State of Incorporation: CA Individual HERNANDEZ The date registrant started to transact Systems”) to Chapter 11 (Downey Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing BERMAN & BERMAN APLC THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Green Building Standards Code) of THE COURT ORDERS that all persons or personal delivery to you of a notice under 16633 VENTURA BLVD Individual business under the fictitious business name interested in this matter appear before this or names listed above: 07/2020 Article VIII (“building regulations”) section 9052 of the California Probate Code. SUITE 940 The date registrant started to transact of the Downey Municipal Code court at the hearing indicated below to show Other California statutes and legal authority ENCINO CA 91436 business under the fictitious business name I declare that all the information in this cause, if any, why the petition for change of statement is true and correct. (A registrant may affect your rights as a creditor. You CN972260 SCANLON Oct 15,22,29, 2020 or names listed above: 08/2020 AYES: Council Members: Ashton, name should not be granted. Any person may want to consult with an attorney I declare that all the information in this who declares as true any material matter objecting to the name changes described pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business Rodriguez, Saab, Frometa, Mayor knowledgeable in California law. CN972260 statement is true and correct. (A registrant Pacheco above must file a written objection that YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the The Downey Patriot who declares as true any material matter and Professions Code that the registrant includes the reasons for the objection at knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor NOES: Council Member: None. court. If you are a person interested in the 10/15/20, 10/22/20, 10/29/20 pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business EXCUSED: Council Member: None. least two court days before the matter is estate, you may file with the court a Request and Professions Code that the registrant punishable by a fine not to exceed one scheduled to be heard and must appear at thousand dollars ($1,000). ABSTAIN: Council Member: None. for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing NOTICE OF PETITION TO knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor the hearing to show cause why the petition of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets ADMINISTER ESTATE OF punishable by a fine not to exceed one S/ BRENDA RANGEL, OWNER, BRENDA should not be granted. If no written objection RANGEL Adopted Ordinance No. 20-1454, an or of any petition or account as provided in NANCY LOPEZ thousand dollars ($1,000). Ordinance of the City Council of is timely filed, the court may grant the petition Probate Code section 1250. A Request for S/ CARLOS ALVAREZ, OWNER This statement was filed with the County without a hearing. Case No. 20STPB07956 Clerk of Los Angeles on SEPTEMBER 2, the City of Downey amending in Special Notice form is available from the To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, This statement was filed with the County its entirety Section 8730 (“Grading NOTICE OF HEARING court clerk. Clerk of Los Angeles on SEPTEMBER 2020 Date: NOVEMBER 30, 2020, Time: 10:30 contingent creditors, and persons who may Notice - In accordance with Subdivision Regulations”) of Article VIII Attorney for petitioner: otherwise be interested in the will or estate, 16, 2020 (“Building Regulations”) of Chapter a.m., Department: C, Room: N/A GEORGIA N KEZIOS ESQ Notice - In accordance with Subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name The address of the court is 12720 NORWALK or both, of NANCY LOPEZ Statement generally expires at the end of 8 (“Floodplain Management, Grading SBN 201473 A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name and Paving”) by adopting by reference BLVD NORWALK, CA 90650 LAW OFFICE OF Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall filed by Alfredo Velez in the Superior Court in the office of the County Clerk, except, as the 2019 California Building Code GEORGIA N KEZIOS APC of California, County of LOS ANGELES. five years from the date on which it was filed Appendix j with local amendments; be published at least once a week for four 18000 STUDEBAKER RD in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, successive weeks prior to the date set THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests where it expires 40 days after any change in adding Section 8999.18 to Article VIII STE 700 that Alfredo Velez be appointed as personal provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, (“Building Regulations”), Chapter 13 for hearing on the petition in the following CERRITOS CA 90703 where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant newspaper of general circulation, printed in representative to administer the estate of to Section 17913 other then a change in the (“Downey Residential Code”) of the CN972310 COKKINOS Oct 1,8,15, 2020 the decedent. the facts set forth in the statement pursuant Downey Municipal Code amending the county, THE DOWNEY PATRIOT to Section 17913 other then a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A OCTOBER 6, 2020 THE PETITION requests authority to new Fictitious Business Name Statement Section R401.4 of the 2019 Edition of CN972310 administer the estate under the Independent residence address of a registered owner. A the California Residential Code; and Judge Margaret M. Bernal The Downey Patriot new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. Effective Judge Of The Superior Court Administration of Estates Act. (This authority January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business adding Subsection 8999.44.5 to Section 10/1/20, 10/8/20, 10/15/20 will allow the personal representative must be filed before the expiration. Effective 8999.44 (“Violations”) of Article VIII Petitioner or Attorney, In Pro Per January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business Name Statement must be accompanied by BETSY DEL CARMEN HERNANDEZ to take many actions without obtaining the affidavit of identity form. (“Building Regulations”), Chapter 14 NOTICE OF AMENDED PETITION court approval. Before taking certain very Name Statement must be accompanied by (“Downey Administrative Building 7015 PAINTER AVE TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF the affidavit of identity form. The filing of this statement does not of itself WHITTIER, CA 90602 important actions, however, the personal authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious and Housing Code”) of the Downey CARLYLE JOSEPH SCANLON representative will be required to give notice The filing of this statement does not of itself Municipal Code (562) 325-3357 authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of [email protected] Case No. 18STPB09353 to interested persons unless they have another under Federal, State or Common To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, waived notice or consented to the proposed Business Name in violation of the rights of AYES: Council Members: Ashton, another under Federal, State or Common Law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business The Downey Patriot contingent creditors, and persons who may action.) The independent administration and Professions Code). Rodriguez, Saab, Frometa, Mayor otherwise be interested in the will or estate, authority will be granted unless an interested Law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business Pacheco 10/15/20, 10/22/20, 10/29/20, 11/5/20 and Professions Code). or both, of CARLYLE JOSEPH SCANLON person files an objection to the petition and The Downey Patriot NOES: Council Member: None. AN AMENDED PETITION FOR PROBATE shows good cause why the court should not 9/24/20, 10/1/20, 10/8/20, 10/15/20 EXCUSED: Council Member: None. has been filed by Kani Nicolls in the grant the authority. The Downey Patriot ABSTAIN: Council Member: None. 9/24/20, 10/1/20, 10/8/20, 10/15/20 PROBATE Superior Court of California, County of LOS A HEARING on the petition will be held FICTITIOUS BUSINESS ANGELES. on Feb. 17, 2021 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE AMENDED PETITION FOR 2D located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, NAME STATEMENT File Number 2020141796 Copies of the full texts are available in NOTICE OF PETITION TO PROBATE requests that Kani Nicolls be CA 90012. File Number 2020135400 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) the City Clerk’s Office. ADMINISTER ESTATE OF appointed as personal representative to IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) VANITY FYX, JOHN TRIANTAFYLLOS administer the estate of the decedent. petition, you should appear at the hearing (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) LA 10043 ASPEN CIRCLE, SANTA FE M. Alicia Duarte, CMC, City Clerk COKKINOS aka THE decedent’s will and codicils were and state your objections or file written GLASS, 11138 E DEL AMO BLVD #352, SPRINGS CA 90670, LA COUNTY October 15, 2020 admitted to Probate (SEP008986) on objections with the court before the hearing. Articles of Incorporation or Organization JOHN T. COKKINOS aka LAKEWOOD CA 90715, COUNTY OF LOS JOHN COKKINOS aka 11/21/1977. Your appearance may be in person or by ANGELES (2) LAGC Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A The Downey Patriot The will and any codicils are available for your attorney. Articles of Incorporation or Organization REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) TABITHA 10/15/20 IOANNIS KOKKINOS examination in the file kept by the court. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A KEY, 10043 ASPEN CIRCLE, SANTA FE Case No. 20STPB03743 THE AMENDED PETITION requests creditor of the decedent, you must file your REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) T P R K SPRINGS CA 90670 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, authority to administer the estate under claim with the court and mail a copy to the COMPANY, 11138 DEL AMO BLVD #352, State of Incorporation: CA contingent creditors, and persons who the Independent Administration of Estates personal representative appointed by the LAKEWOOD CA 90715 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an NOTICES may otherwise be interested in the will or Act. (This authority will allow the personal court within the later of either (1) four months State of Incorporation: CA Individual estate, or both, of JOHN TRIANTAFYLLOS representative to take many actions without from the date of first issuance of letters to a THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a The date registrant started to transact SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COKKINOS aka JOHN T. COKKINOS obtaining court approval. Before taking general personal representative, as defined Corporation business under the fictitious business name COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES aka JOHN COKKINOS aka IOANNIS certain very important actions, however, in section 58(b) of the California Probate The date registrant started to transact or names listed above: 08/2020 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE KOKKINOS the personal representative will be required Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing business under the fictitious business name I declare that all the information in this FOR CHANGE OF NAME A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed to give notice to interested persons unless or personal delivery to you of a notice under or names listed above: N/A statement is true and correct. (A registrant CASE NUMBER: 20NWCP00230 by Melinda M. Chelliah in the Superior Court they have waived notice or consented to section 9052 of the California Probate Code. I declare that all the information in this who declares as true any material matter TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner of California, County of LOS ANGELES. the proposed action.) The independent Other California statutes and legal authority statement is true and correct. (A registrant pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business ANA E. VASQUEZ AND GERARDO A. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests administration authority will be granted may affect your rights as a creditor. You who declares as true any material matter and Professions Code that the registrant VASQUEZ ON BEHALF OF GERARDO that Melinda M. Chelliah be appointed as unless an interested person files an objection may want to consult with an attorney pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor VASQUEZ, JR. filed a petition with this court personal representative to administer the to the petition and shows good cause why knowledgeable in California law. and Professions Code that the registrant punishable by a fine not to exceed one for a decree changing names as follows: estate of the decedent. the court should not grant the authority. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor thousand dollars ($1,000). Present name (1) GERARDO VASQUEZ, THE PETITION requests the decedent’s A HEARING on the amended petition court. If you are a person interested in the punishable by a fine not to exceed one S/ TABITHA KEY, OWNER JR. to Proposed name (1) LIAM GERARDO will and codicils, if any, be admitted to will be held on Nov. 2, 2020 at 8:30 AM in estate, you may file with the court a Request thousand dollars ($1,000). This statement was filed with the County VASQUEZ probate. The will and any codicils are Dept. No. 44 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing S/ T P R K COMPANY, CEO, GUSTAVO Clerk of Los Angeles on SEPTEMBER THE COURT ORDERS that all persons available for examination in the file kept by Angeles, CA 90012. of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets RAMOS 18, 2020 interested in this matter appear before this the court. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the or of any petition or account as provided in This statement was filed with the County Notice - In accordance with Subdivision court at the hearing indicated below to show THE PETITION requests authority to petition, you should appear at the hearing Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Clerk of Los Angeles on SEPTEMBER 8, (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name cause, if any, why the petition for change of administer the estate under the Independent and state your objections or file written Special Notice form is available from the 2020 Statement generally expires at the end of name should not be granted. Any person Administration of Estates Act. (This authority objections with the court before the hearing. court clerk. Notice - In accordance with Subdivision five years from the date on which it was filed objecting to the name changes described will allow the personal representative Your appearance may be in person or by Attorney for petitioner: (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name in the office of the County Clerk, except, as above must file a written objection that to take many actions without obtaining your attorney. RICHARD A LEHN ESQ Statement generally expires at the end of provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, includes the reasons for the objection at court approval. Before taking certain very IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent SBN 147571 five years from the date on which it was filed where it expires 40 days after any change in least two court days before the matter is important actions, however, the personal creditor of the decedent, you must file your ARDIS & LEHN APC in the office of the County Clerk, except, as the facts set forth in the statement pursuant scheduled to be heard and must appear at representative will be required to give notice claim with the court and mail a copy to the 9530 E IMPERIAL HWY provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, to Section 17913 other then a change in the the hearing to show cause why the petition to interested persons unless they have personal representative appointed by the STE J where it expires 40 days after any change in residence address of a registered owner. A should not be granted. If no written objection waived notice or consented to the proposed court within the later of either (1) four months DOWNEY CA 90242-3041 the facts set forth in the statement pursuant new Fictitious Business Name Statement is timely filed, the court may grant the petition action.) The independent administration from the date of first issuance of letters to a CN972579 LOPEZ Oct 15,22,29, 2020 to Section 17913 other then a change in the must be filed before the expiration. Effective without a hearing. authority will be granted unless an interested general personal representative, as defined residence address of a registered owner. A January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business NOTICE OF HEARING person files an objection to the petition and in section 58(b) of the California Probate CN972579 new Fictitious Business Name Statement Name Statement must be accompanied by Date: NOVEMBER 18, 2020, Time: 10:30 shows good cause why the court should not Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing The Downey Patriot must be filed before the expiration. Effective the affidavit of identity form. a.m., Department: C, Room: 312 grant the authority. or personal delivery to you of a notice under 10/15/20, 10/22/20, 10/29/20 January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business The filing of this statement does not of itself The address of the court is 12720 NORWALK A HEARING on the petition will be held section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Name Statement must be accompanied by authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious BLVD NORWALK, CA 90650 on Nov. 9, 2020 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. the affidavit of identity form. Business Name in violation of the rights of A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall The filing of this statement does not of itself another under Federal, State or Common be published at least once a week for four authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business successive weeks prior to the date set Business Name in violation of the rights of and Professions Code). for hearing on the petition in the following another under Federal, State or Common newspaper of general circulation, printed in Law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business The Downey Patriot the county, THE DOWNEY PATRIOT and Professions Code). 10/15/20, 10/22/20, 10/29/20, 11/5/20 SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 Judge Margaret M. Bernal FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Judge Of The Superior Court The Downey Patriot NAME STATEMENT 9/24/20, 10/1/20, 10/8/20, 10/15/20 Petitioner or Attorney, In Pro Per File Number 2020139626 ANA E. VASQUEZ FICTITIOUS BUSINESS THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) 9228 SAN LUIS AVE, APT. D NAME STATEMENT IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) SOUTH GATE, CA 90280 File Number 2020158893 ULTIMATE DRAFTING SERVICES, 12950 (323) 637-6546 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) PARAMOUNT BLVD SUITE 201, DOWNEY [email protected] DOING BUSINESS AS: (1) MAMA WANG’S CA 90242, LA COUNTY PANTRY, 16238 HEATHFIELD DR., Articles of Incorporation or Organization The Downey Patriot WHITTIER CA 90603, LA COUNTY Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A 10/1/20, 10/8/20, 10/15/20, 10/22/20 Articles of Incorporation or Organization REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) RICARDO Number (if applicable): AI #ON: N/A MACIEL, 424 DIANA PLACE, FULLERTON SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, REGISTERED OWNERS(S): (1) TERESA CA 92833 (2) KATERINA DOVENA, 424 COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES L WANG, 16238 HEATHFILED DR., DIANA PLACE, FULLERTON CA 92833 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHITTIER CA 90603 State of Incorporation: CA FOR CHANGE OF NAME State of Incorporation: N/A THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: a CASE NUMBER: 20NWCP00226 THIS BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED BY: an Married Couple TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner Individual The date registrant started to transact ASTRID CHAIDEZ-GUZMAN filed a petition The date registrant started to transact business under the fictitious business name with this court for a decree changing names business under the fictitious business name or names listed above: 10/2014 as follows: or names listed above: N/A I declare that all the information in this Present name (1) ASTRID CHAIDEZ- I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant GUZMAN to Proposed name (1) ASTRID statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter CHAIDEZ who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business THE COURT ORDERS that all persons pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant interested in this matter appear before this and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor court at the hearing indicated below to show knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one cause, if any, why the petition for change of punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). name should not be granted. Any person thousand dollars ($1,000). S/ RICARDO MACIEL, OWNER objecting to the name changes described S/TERESA L WANG, OWNER This statement was filed with the County above must file a written objection that This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on SEPTEMBER includes the reasons for the objection at Clerk of Los Angeles on OCTOBER 8, 2020 15, 2020 least two court days before the matter is Notice - In accordance with Subdivision Notice - In accordance with Subdivision scheduled to be heard and must appear at (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name the hearing to show cause why the petition Statement generally expires at the end of Statement generally expires at the end of should not be granted. If no written objection five years from the date on which it was filed five years from the date on which it was filed is timely filed, the court may grant the petition in the office of the County Clerk, except, as in the office of the County Clerk, except, as without a hearing. provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, provided in Subdivision (b) of Section 17920, NOTICE OF HEARING where it expires 40 days after any change in where it expires 40 days after any change in Date: NOVEMBER 13, 2020, Time: 10:30 the facts set forth in the statement pursuant the facts set forth in the statement pursuant a.m., Department: C, Room: 312 to Section 17913 other then a change in the to Section 17913 other then a change in the The address of the court is 12720 NORWALK residence address of a registered owner. A residence address of a registered owner. A BLVD NORWALK, CA 90650 new Fictitious Business Name Statement new Fictitious Business Name Statement A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall must be filed before the expiration. Effective must be filed before the expiration. Effective be published at least once a week for four January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business successive weeks prior to the date set Name Statement must be accompanied by Name Statement must be accompanied by for hearing on the petition in the following the affidavit of identity form. the affidavit of identity form. newspaper of general circulation, printed in The filing of this statement does not of itself The filing of this statement does not of itself the county, DOWNEY PATRIOT authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 Business Name in violation of the rights of Business Name in violation of the rights of Judge Margaret M. Bernal another under Federal, State or Common another under Federal, State or Common Judge Of The Superior Court Law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business Law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business Petitioner or Attorney, In Pro Per and Professions Code). and Professions Code). ASTRID CHAIDEZ-GUZMAN 11015 CROSSDALE AVE The Downey Patriot The Downey Patriot DOWNEY, CA 90241 10/15/20, 10/22/20, 10/29/20, 11/5/20 10/15/20, 10/22/20, 10/29/20, 11/5/20 (562) 805-1084 Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020 The Downey Patriot | 15 We bought a home sight unseen (here’s what we learned)

information they could gather what should be left behind. to the gym, keep going, even if bedroom looks so small!” The was invaluable. Preview the views. Listing you have to cut workouts short. scale of unfurnished rooms is I finally walked through the photos don’t always capture Catch a movie or concert. Meet notoriously hard to judge. house the day before closing. what you’ll see through the a friend for coffee. This is an Don’t freak out — once you Roger was in New Jersey windows. For example, our overwhelming and demanding get a few pieces of furniture in finishing packing, and I had dining room windows look out time, but continuing to do things place, everything will feel more driven out in advance. In person, onto the neighbor’s wood fence. you enjoy will make your move normal. I could see where our homework Ask your real estate agent to less overwhelming. Chris Stout-Hazard is co-founder of prepared me — and what snap photos looking through the Brace for impact. Walking the boutique furniture and interior remained a surprise. windows and, if possible, record into an empty house, design company Roger+Chris. This The view out the windows, a short video up and down the particularly after seeing article was originally published July the way light played through street to help provide a sense of carefully staged listing photos, 28, 2017 by Zillow. the hallways, the “aroma” of a the surroundings. can be disorienting. The most long-clogged garbage disposal Embrace the folder. A move common reaction? “Wow, this — some things simply weren’t brings chaos. You’ll misplace captured by the photos we’d your toothbrush, your phone seen. The living room was charger and perhaps even your smaller. The dining room was smallest child. At the same time, square rather than rectangular. buying a home requires lots of The smelly, grimy kitchen, very important paperwork that which had been a “sometime you absolutely must produce next spring” renovation project, at a moment’s notice. Do By Chris Stout-Hazard our adventures, our growing immediately got bumped up to yourself a favor: Go to the office business and desire to be close the top of the list. supply store and buy the most to family pointed us in another All in all, we love our new obnoxiously bright, neon green “No. Absolutely not. Stop direction: Nebraska. We got our home, and most of the surprises document folder they sell. Put all looking at those. Put your laptop New Jersey house prepared for — from architectural details to the essential closing documents away right now.” sale, expecting it to spend a little friendly neighbors — have been in there, and keep it handy. This is how I talk to my time on the market. Instead, it pleasant ones. Take care of yourself. The husband, and I’m not proud of sold within 24 hours. Oops. Would I recommend buying first impulse may be to drop that. But having lived in three a house without having seen it everything to focus solely on first? I think it’s doable with a packing and preparing for your different houses during just six House hunting from far years of marriage, I was nervous little on-the-ground intelligence new home. That’s important, to find him browsing real estate away from people you trust. Will I do of course, but don’t neglect the listings last summer. Can you Forced to act fast — with it again? Absolutely not. I’ve told routine activities that make life blame me? no time to fly to Omaha to view Roger that we’re never moving feel “normal” for you. If you go Our moves haven’t been properties — we dug into home again. And this time — fingers around the block, either. From listings. We narrowed options crossed — I think he agrees with the booming (and baking) city down by budget and location, me. of Austin, TX, to the bucolic and looked for houses that hadn’t rural village of Sharon Springs, been updated (as designers, we’d If you’re long-distance NY, to the New York City metro, do that ourselves), and pored we’d lugged our possessions over each photo to pick out home buying across 2,000 miles of highways. details. Buying a house sight unseen? Our houses had been I printed neighborhood Here are a few tips for lowering equally disparate in style: an maps and highlighted nearby your stress level (a little): eco-friendly house in Austin, a restaurants and parks for our Sketch it out. It’s tough to 160-year-old Italianate Victorian dog. We enlisted the help of wrap your head around the in upstate New York, and a glass my parents and hired a family layout of a house from a handful box on a mountain in New Jersey friend as our real estate agent, of listing photos. Get a better with a view of the Empire State sending them to tour houses sense of the flow by drawing a Building. on our behalf. Dad measured floor plan. If possible, get room Now it was time to move rooms while Mom toured dimensions to determine which again. While we’d enjoyed the neighborhood. Any bit of furniture will have a place and 16 | The Downey Patriot Real Estate Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020