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www.lanuevavoz.net La Nueva Voz The New Voice, a Bilingual (English/Spanish) Publication Issue No. 115 Pomona’s only community newspaper! Thursday, February 28, 2019 Pomona’s history as easy as a trip to Ebell Museum It’s not really Pomona’s best cute little moustache teacups hard to pick up the – increased monetary donations, kept secret, but it is surprising with built-in moustache guards pace and help make more volunteers and more time how few people around town to keep a carefully waxed mous- it possible for its edu- and effort working on developing know about it – so just to make tache out of the tea. cational and informa- the collection in the museum. sure, we’ll tell you. Yes, there is New Historical Society Board tional effort to reach Clifford and her Board Vice a Historical Society of Pomona President Deborah Clifford, who more people than ever. President Jennifer Williams sat Valley, and yes, they operate and just started her second year at the To do that, of down for an interview with La maintain an amazing Pomona helm with her own “State of the course, she said, as is Nueva Voz at the Historical So- Ebell Museum of History, among Historical Society” address (for the case with so many ciety’s headquarters in the Eb- the record, POSING WITH HISTO- non-profit organiza- ell Museum (Williams has been other historical sites around town. RY -- Historical Society And if you haven’t been there, La Nueva Board Vice President tions, the Historical volunteering since 2013 and has Voz coined Jennifer Williams, at Society will need three served as vice president for the it would definitely be worth a left, poses with an or- visit – the museum includes that term, chard heater (smudge things (paraphrasing last two years). not the His- pot) once used in Cali- from her speech to And, Williams said, the Histor- everything from Ygnacio Palo- fornia’s citrus industry mares’ actual saddle (his sprawl- torical Soci- to keep the crops from Photo by Renee Barbee her 10-member board ical Society needs on-going mon- ing ranch in the area was a land ety), said the freezing until they were outlawed by the South Coast Air Quality Management Dis- which which was etary contributions to help fulfil organization trict, then called the L.A. County Air Pollution Control District, and Board President planned for the annual its mission, but it is also always grant from Mexican Governor Deborah Clifford poses with the saddle once owned by Mexican land grant recipient Juan Bautista Alvarado) to those is working Ygnacio Palomares. Both are on display in the Ebell Museum. meeting last Saturday) Pomona’s history... pg. 4 CASE INVESTIGATED BY POMONA POLICE Little Jonah’s killer gets life without possibility of parole Sengchan Houl, 37, of Pomo- only two hours. ney’s office, Houl Jan. 29 in the Po- was perpetrated by means of dis- na, was sentenced last month in It was a tragedy that brought was found guilty mona courthouse. charging a firearm from a motor Pomona Superior Court to life in an entire community to tears of one count of Deputy District vehicle. state prison without the possibil- through at least two candlelight first-degree mur- Attorney Lance According to court testimony, ity of parole for killing 8-year- vigils and a near-capacity crowd der, two counts Hansen of the Houl was in a vehicle on Feb. old Jonah Hwang two years ago memorial service at Pomona’s each of shooting at Hardcore Gang 20, 2017, when he shot at a home in a drive-by shooting by firing Purpose Church. an occupied dwell- Division, who in the 1100 block of West 11th into an occupied residence where According to ing and negligent prosecuted the Street in Pomona. young Jonah was having dinner court records and discharge of a fire- case, said the pan- Jonah was struck by the gun- with family and friends. a news release arm, and one count el also found true fire, Hansen said, and died later Jurors in the case convicted from the Los of shooting from a a “special circum- from his injuries. Houl of first-degree murder in Angeles County motor vehicle. stance allegation” Hansen said in the news re- December after deliberating for District Attor- Sengchan Houl Sentencing was Jonah Min-Tian Hwang that the murder Killer gets life... pg. 6 2 • Thursday, February 28, 2019 • La Nueva Voz Class of 75 kids from Alcott Elementary graduate from Pomona Police Cops4Kids ‘academy’ program Only February and too soon ilies – were held in the Village at shirts with the Cops4Kids for another graduation story? Indian Hill Conference Center. motto on back – “Respect Not for the 75 kids from And the kids, all fourth and given is respect earned.” Pomona’s Alcott Elementary fifth graders, ages 9 up to 13, In addition to the 12 School in this year’s Cops4Kids were all smiles as they lined up training sessions, the kids program of the Pomona Police before the ceremony with fresh were required to partici- Department who completed their haircuts, shiny faces and their of- pate in at least one of the requirements and received certif- ficial Cops4Kids t-shirts. two community service icates and medallions last month Pomona Police Officer Diana events the program or- at the end of a 12-week “acad- Hernandez, who heads up the ganizes (one was placing emy” training course. program, told La Nueva Voz flags at graves Ceremonies – for the kids and the kids started with white polo of veterans their parents, guardians and fam- shirts and had to “earn” the t- in advance of Photos courtesy of Tony Nguyen, Pomona Police Department C.S.I. Veterans Day The 75 Alcott Elementary School kids in this year’s Cops4Kids program stand at attention with their course completion medal- at Pomona lions during graduation ceremonies last month at the Village at Valley Ceme- Indian Hill Conference Center. tery – and that ‘PHOTO OP’ WITH THE CHIEF -- Brianna Suarez, 10, daughter of one attracted La Nueva Voz friend Lily Vasquez of Pomona’s Wells Fargo Bank, shows off her “Certificate of Completion” as she poses for a photo 60 kids as well with Pomona Police Chief Mike Olivieri. Her mom said she was as some of the “so proud” of Brianna. “Cops4kids is a great program that in such parents). little time will have an everlasting effect on these children,” Vasquez said, adding that she hopes one day her daughter will be gradu- School offi- ating from the “real” police academy because of her exposure to cials each year Cops4Kids. notice the im- pact the pro- gram has on their students in the Cops4Kids classroom, and in terms of their graduation TOP MALE JUNIOR CADET, MOST IMPROVED -- Jasiyah Rosales, 10, a fourth-grader attentiveness, focus, academics, medallions at Alcott Elementary School, shows off his award for “Top Male Junior Cadet Most Im- were all lined proved” that he was presented last month at this year’s Cops4Kids graduation ceremo- classroom management, their re- up and ready nies. Pictured with Rosales, from left, are Pomona City Councilmembers Nora Garcia, lationships and more. to go before Elizabeth Ontiveros-Cole and Rubio Gonzalez, Pomona Police Officer Diana Hernandez, completion who heads up the Cops4Kids program, Pomona Police Chief Mike Olivieri, Pomona Dep- Cops4Kids focuses on aca- ceremonies uty Chief Hector Rodriguez, and Pomona Police Officer Cynthia Jimenez. Cops4Kids... pg. 6 last month. La Nueva Voz • Thursday, February 28, 2019 • 3 4 • Thursday, February 28, 2019 • La Nueva Voz Pomona’s history... from pg. 1 in need of donations of artifacts Historical Society on projects old roof, but they’re not going expertise as member Ron Vander big, brown shingled house on the with historical significance. involving new architecture for, to do all of the roofs all in the Molen did when he rehung paint- corner). “If you want to be able to trust say, the Downtown Pomona area same year,” she added. “This ings at the Adobe de Palomares Then, there’s La Casa Primera, that your items will be cared for when information is needed for last year they were able to budget or as another member does in where Palomares built his house, and will be used to educate Po- an environmental impact report the money to replace the roof at producing the organization’s fly- the first house of its type in the mona and surrounding children or for an application to demol- (La) Casa Primera . and they ers. area. and families, this is who you ish a building or build a new one, will trim trees and do that major “There’s more work than a It is located at 1569 N. Park need to donate to,” she said. Clifford added. sorts of gardening but if there’s a Board can do,” Clifford said. Ave., Pomona. Universities, cities use “Whenever they need that kind way for us to do the rest they will Donations of ‘modern’ And Adobe de Palomares , at facilities for research of information, we are here,” she let us because they don’t have artifacts needed 491 E. Arrow Highway, Pomona Clifford added that area uni- said. much.” And back to the idea of donat- (next to Palomares Park), was versities and cities often use the Or it can be a question as sim- Visits to historical sites ing artifacts, Clifford said most built at the center of the large facilities for research. ple as a resident asking who has Then are all of these efforts re- of the collection is from the 19th Palomares ranch where cattle and “The (Pomona Public) Library lived in their house a century ago.