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Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017 Vol. 16 No. 21 SPORTS FEATURES NEWS OBITUARIES Bears lose Meet Thom Save the Brave Residents heartbreaker Neighbors golf tourney mourned SEE PAGE 2 SEE PAGE 3 SEE PAGE 3 SEE PAGE 4 Rock & Brews holds ribbon cutting, will open Labor Day SEPTEMBER 6 Blue Mass FridayWeekend100˚ DATE: Wednesday, Sept. 6 ■ RESTAURANT: KISS band members TIME: 8:30 am Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley visit at a Downey for opening of new bar and Glance LOCATION: Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church grill at Stonewood Center. SaturdayFriday 6894˚⁰ SEPTEMBER 8-9 By Alex Dominguez Staff Writer Senior Follies talent show Sunday 90˚ DATE: Friday, Sept. 8; Saturday, 70⁰ Sept. 9 DOWNEY – Downey’s newest Saturday TIME: 6 pm Sept. 8, 11 am Sept. 9 restaurant Rock & Brews hosted its official ribbon cutting ceremony LOCATION: Barbara J. Riley Center at the Stonewood Center Tuesday evening amongst a crowd of THINGS TO DO SEPTEMBER 16 veterans, city officials, and two notable superstars. Keep Downey Beautiful clean-up Rock & Brews offers American DATE: Saturday, Sept. 16 comfort-food style cuisine and TIME: 9 am large selection of craft brews LOCATION: Rio San Gabriel Park against the backdrop of rock and roll. International Food & Music Festival Downey’s location is the DATE: Saturday, Sept. 16 franchise’s ninth in California (21st Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley were at the new Rock & Brews restaurant in Downey on Tuesday, serving Juanes TIME: 4-11 pm overall), and is set to officially open lunch to military veterans and first-responders. The restaurant opens to the public Wednesday. Sunday - L.A. County Fair, LOCATION: Downtown Downey its doors to the public on Labor 7:30 pm Day, September 4. This is also the Photo by Alex Dominguez The Latin Grammy award-winning SEPTEMBER 23 restaurant chain’s first California singer performs live during opening location that is attached to a retail weekend of the L.A. County Fair. Skating Competition establishment. feel like it’s slightly underserved,” event. This included presenting a According to Simmons, Rock DATE: Saturday, Sept. 23 said Mesko. “I thought they’d $5000 check to Courage Forward, & Brews is “good for the local TIME: 2-6 pm According to Stonewood appreciate a Rock & Brews here.” a Downey non-profit organization economy.” Center property manager Benjamin that supports veterans by helping LOCATION: Meredith Perkins Skate Gonzalez, Rock & Brews is a “great Amidst the excited crowd at them obtaining benefits, job “We like to give back,” said Park brand.” the ceremony stood two legendary training and placement. Simmons. “We hire locally, we train Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers – locally, the craft beers are local…” SEPTEMBER 27 “We’re really looking forward Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley. Stanley said that the only Stanley said that “this is your Art of Rancho exhibition to its being received so well from people who think freedom is free folks in Downey,” said Gonzalez. In addition to being the are the ones who didn’t have to Rock & Brews.” DATE: Wednesday, Sept. 27 make-up wearing, bass and guitar Long Beach Comic Con “We think it ties in really well pay the price. Simmons added that the TIME: 6 pm playing frontmen of rock band with our community and who our restaurant has something for All Weekend - Long Beach Convention LOCATION: Rancho Los Amigos KISS, “The Demon” Simmons and “It’s an opportunity for us to Center shopper is. We just think it’s a great everybody. addition.” “The Starchild” Stanley are also recognize the people that make A celebration of comic books and pop co-founders of the Rock & Brews this country what it is,” said Stanley. OCTOBER 6 “If you want to eat healthy you culture, with exhibits, guest signings, According to franchise owner chain. “Obviously giving a check and can do that, if you want to pig out and celebrity meet-and-greets. DUSD State of the Schools Jon Mesko, he has been looking to helping with media coverage is not Simmons, Stanley, and the Rock you can do that,” said Simmons. DATE: Friday, Oct. 6 bring a restaurant to Downey for going to change the world, but it is “You may not be a rock star, but the last four years. & Brews team shared the spotlight a way to spotlight something that TIME: 7 am we’re sure as hell going to make with many local veterans and first people should be aware of.” LOCATION: Los Angeles County of “It’s a great community, and I responders during the opening you feel like one.” Education West Conference Center OCTOBER 11 Downey Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament La La Land DATE: Wednesday, Oct. 11 Creamistry ice cream franchise Sunday - Huntington Beach, 5 pm TIME: 10:30 am An outdoor screening right on the LOCATION: Rio Hondo Golf Club sand of “La La Land.” Tickets should opens new store in Downey be purchased online from BeachFront OCTOBER 13 Cinema. Elvis Tribute ■ ICE CREAM: Creamistry store offers DATE: Friday, Oct. 13 30-plus flavors of ice cream, created FROM OUR FACEBOOK TIME: 8 pm using liquid nitrogen directly in front of Downey Theatre LOCATION: the customer. Elephant Bar closes at Downey Landing OCTOBER 15 DOWNEY – Creamistry, an Vicki Lawrence live Irvine-based chain that specializes Julie Strickland: The last time my family and I went my then DATE: Sunday, Oct. 15 in made-to-order liquid nitrogen ice cream, opened its Downey very young son pulled the fire TIME: 6 pm alarm and they couldn’t turn it store last Friday. LOCATION: Downey Theatre off. Fire department ended up having to come and fix it. So Located at 11146 Downey embarrassing. OCTOBER 29 Ave., the store is owned and operated by Jose Ontiveros. Sylvia Victoria: Cracker Barrel Dia de los Muertos would be awesome. Everything DATE: Sunday, Oct. 29 “We are extremely excited is delicious. Especially their to bring Creamistry to Downey,” breakfast and their home made TIME: 11 am biscuits. LOCATION: Downey Theatre said Ontiveros. “The brand has experienced wild success Karyn Armijo: Please no throughout Southern California OCTOBER 21 TGIFridays or Applebee’s. already – with Creamistry’s Downey Symphony concert premium-quality product and Eddie Serrano: I hope it’s not another La Barca. DATE: Saturday, Oct. 21 fully customizable combinations, TIME: 8 pm we feel confident that the Downey Creamistry, located at 11146 Downey Ave., opened to long lines last Friday. The store creates ice cream LOCATION: Downey Theatre community will also embrace our using a flash-freezing process. concept.” Reach us on Facebook at: Photo by Pablo Lopez Facebook.com/DowneyPatriot NOVEMBER 1 After being introduced to the Creamistry brand by his daughter, Voyage to the Red Planet Ontiveros fell in love with the ice cream when he spotted a “We are thrilled to welcome cookies and cereal, fruits, and DATE: Wednesday, Nov. 1 concept and decided it would street vendor making it during a Jose to the Creamistry team,” sauces. TWEETS OF THE WEEK TIME: 9 am be a perfect fit in Downey. He trip to South Korea in 2003. Born noted Yim. “We are incredibly into a family of Korean bakers, pleased with the following we The ice cream is made right LOCATION: Columbia Memorial ultimately plans to open at least @DowneyLibrary: Just Yim and his wife, Katie, made their have garnered thus far, and are before the customer with a lot Space Center two additional locations in the of billowing smoke thanks to the a reminder to our library area over the next two years. first homemade ice cream using excited to see the same acclaim patrons. We will be closed liquid nitrogen with the help of and recognition in Downey as we flash-freezing process. NOVEMBER 11 on Monday, September 4 for “We have been eagerly his father as the quality control continue to expand.” When the liquid nitrogen Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: Labor Day. waiting to open our first location “chemist.” (-321° F) hits the base it freezes The Musical and are thrilled to show the people Here’s how Creamistry works: Over the next two years, Customers choose a portion size, so fast that ice crystals don’t have The L.A. City DATE: Saturday, Nov. 11 of Downey what Creamistry is all @DavidZahniser: the team experimented with then an ice ceam base (premium, a chance to develop, resulting in Council just voted to replace TIME: 7 pm about,” added Ontiveros. creamy ice cream with virtually no over a hundred flavors and organic, coconut, or non-dairy Columbus Day with Indigenous LOCATION: Downey Theatre overrun. Creamistry was founded in combinations, the best of which sorbet), one of 30+ flavors, and Peoples Day as a municipal 2013 after founder Jay Yim was eventually became an integral then toppings from a list of holiday first introduced to liquid nitrogen part of Creamistry’s menu today. 35+ options that include candy, Follow us! @DowneyPatriot 2 | The Downey Patriot Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017 Bears edged by Don Lugo in season-opening thriller Warren exploded in the third a fourth quarter touchdown and quarter and regulation play ended quarter and outscored Don Lugo came away with the 56-0 win. in a 3-3 tie. The two teams were set 21-8. The Bears led 29-15 at the to decide the outcome in overtime. Coach Williams knew this would end of the third quarter. The be a challenging game based on Simply put, the Raiders were Conquistadores outscored the how well Santa Margarita finished able to score a touchdown in Bears 22-7 in the fourth quarter, last season and the fact that so overtime and the Braves were not.