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MPK Cascades Dec 2014 and Jan 2015 CascadesThe Monterey Park Volume XII, No. X Citywide News for Business, Community and Education December 2014 / January 2015 Lunar New Holiday Snow Village Brings Winter Fun Year Festival and Festivities to Barnes Park lighting, attendees will be entertained by holiday music, snow play, Celebrates the refreshments and a chance to win a beautiful Christmas tree and other great prizes in a holiday raffle. Remember to dress warm for Year of the Sheep this outdoor event and wear closed toe shoes to play in the snow. MONTEREY PARK Holiday entertainment will be provided by Meher Montessori LUNAR NEW YEAR FESTIVAL School, Rice Elementary School Choir, Garvey Intermediate School Saturday and Sunday, Choir, Schurr High School Band, and the audience singing holiday February 7-8, 2015 favorites. Saturday 10 a.m.–9 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m.–7 p.m. Special thanks to our major sponsors: Monterey Park Downtown Monterey Park Marketplace Shopping Center (Coming Soon!), Southern California Free admission Gas Company, Wells Fargo, Camino Real Chevrolet, Action Sales, Charles Company, Terramar and Southern California Edison. The City of Monterey Park, the city’s Monterey Park’s Annual Holiday Snow Village event will Business Improvement District Advisory feature our annual tree lighting, snow sled runs, holiday music We hope that you and your family will join us for this perfect committee (BIDAC) and World Journal and pictures with Santa, all at the Barnes Park Amphitheatre. On start to the holiday season. For more information, please call the Los Angeles, LLC will again collaborate Friday, December 5 join us at 6:00 p.m. as we welcome Santa with Recreation and Community Services Department at 626-307-1388. to produce one of the largest events of the carols and help him light the Monterey Park tree. Following the tree season in the San Gabriel Valley and East Los Angeles areas. This 2015 Monterey Park Lunar New Year Festival has been scheduled for Monterey Park to Ring In 2015 with New Saturday, February 7, 10 a.m.–9 p.m. and Sunday, February 8, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. in downtown Monterey Park on Garvey Year’s Eve Block Party on Garvey Avenue Avenue. will feature live entertainment, a variety of east/west traffic are Newmark to the south foods, a magic show and over 70 vendor and Emerson to the north. Large crowds There will be live entertainment and booths. Scheduled to attend are Taiwanese are expected to attend this event, which over 250 vendor booths, representing singer Yao Yao and a Michael Jackson will impact parking in the immediate areas. different types of ethnic Chinese, Taiwanese, Korean, Japanese, Thai, impersonator. Other highlights include The public is encouraged to carpool to the Vietnamese, Malaysian, Indonesian as carnival rides, an auto show, flower market event. well as other Asian cuisines and snacks. and more. And of course, the evening will Other areas of attraction include gifts and conclude with a countdown to the new year The new year’s event is organized souvenirs, toys, home appliances, various 2015. Admission is free. by Sing Tao Daily Newspaper, CMPG businesses and services. marketing and the City of Monterey Park. Monterey Park’s first annual Because this event is being held on For more information on the Monterey Park Admission is free and open to International New Year’s Eve Countdown Garvey Avenue, the street will be closed New Year’s Eve Countdown please contact the public. All residents of Southern will take place on Garvey Avenue between early in the morning on December 31. Sing Tao at 626-956-8200 or visit the city California are welcome to bring family Atlantic Blvd. and Ynez Avenue. The Access to Garvey at Atlantic, Chandler, website at MontereyPark.ca.gov. and friends to the two-day celebration of multicultural street fair-style event will Moore and Ynez will also be blocked before Asian culture. begin at 6:00 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and 10:00 a.m. The recommended detours for For more information, please visit the city website at www.montereypark.ca.gov and search for “Lunar New Year Festival.” Farmers’ Market Delivers Healthy Winter Options 中文版第 頁 extremely versatile. Buy one or two at the 26. So don’t forget to pick up all of your 21 market and roast them in the oven, or turn holiday produce at the market during the Español Pagina 21 them into a decadent soup. previous weeks. The market will be up and running again on January 2. By the way, don’t be shy with your local farmers! If you’re unsure what a For more great tips, follow the market fruit or vegetable is, ask them. If you’re on Facebook at montereyparkFM and unsure what herb goes best with lamb or check out the blog at www.farmermark. how to cook that butternut squash you com/blog. PAID just purchased, let them know you would ECRWSS PERMIT# 97 PRSRT. STD U.S. POSTAGE like a recipe. You can bet they have a few Monterey Park Farmers’ Market is MONTEREY PARK Butternut, kabocha and acorn, oh delicious answers to give you. open rain or shine every Friday at 318 my! This month we’re raving about S. Ramona Ave. from 4-8 p.m. If you root vegetables and can’t get enough of The holidays are coming up, and we have any questions, please feel free to them. Other than being jam packed with couldn’t be more excited! The market lands stop by the information booth or email antioxidants and vitamin B6, butternut on the day after Christmas this year, so the [email protected]. squash (which is actually a fruit) is market will be closed on Friday, December Historical Society Invites Public to Open Postal Customer House December 7 Event features a talk on Father Junípero Serra and a visit with the astronomical society Monterey Park, CA 91754-91755 Park, CA Monterey The Monterey Park Historical Society invites the public to been invited to share in the festivities. Admittance is free and an open house at the historical museum on Sunday, December 7, refreshments will be provided after the program. Historical society 2014 from 2-4 p.m. members will also be participating in an election of officers. The Monterey Park Historical Museum is located at Garvey Ranch At 2:30 p.m. the speaker for this event will be Bruce Allen Park, 781 S. Orange Ave., Monterey Park. For additional historical Buonauro paying tribute to Father Junípero Serra - the founder society information please visit their Facebook page at www. City of Monterey Park Ave. Newmark W. 320 91754 Monterey Park, CA of several California Spanish missions - in honor of Serra’s facebook.com/MontereyParkHistoricalSociety. 300th birthday. The Los Angeles Astronomical Society has also Page 2 Citywide News for Business, Community and Education December 2014 / January 2015 CITY OFFICIALS A Guide to the Night Sky By Tre Gibbs, Los Angeles Astronomical Society Hans Liang, Mayor As the year 2014 comes to a close, Mars, look for the young waxing crescent The Los Angeles Astronomical Peter Chan, Mayor Pro Tem 2015 ushers in the long awaited return of moon, low in the southwest after sunset on Society (LAAS) would like to take this Mitchell Ing, Council Member Jupiter and Venus! Christmas Eve, December 24th. The lower time to say thanks and happy holidays! Teresa Real Sebastian, Council Member “point” or “horn” of the crescent moon It’s been a pleasure sharing our passion Anthony Wong, Council Member Let’s begin with December. Early in will point to The God of War. for the night sky with all of you. So, the month, the skies are relatively quiet have a safe and happy holiday season... Vincent D. Chang, City Clerk - planet wise. Though Mars still faintly Another familiar object slowly makes and remember, keep looking up! Joseph Leon, City Treasurer looms in the southwest just after sunset, her way into our twilight skies over the it’s so faint and pale it’s barely discernible. next couple of months and that object is, LAAS meets at the Garvey Ranch Paul Talbot, City Manager In fact, it sets at 7.30 p.m. just when the of course, the brilliant Venus - the third Observatory every Wednesday night, rain Mark Hensley, City Attorney observing hours are beginning. brightest object in the sky after the sun or shine, from 7-10 p.m. All members and moon. On New Year’s Eve, Venus are eager to answer your questions, Look for familiar Orion-The Hunter will appear very low on the horizon in and let you have a peek through our 8” rising in the east just after 8.30 p.m. He the WSW just after sunset, but you will telescope, weather permitting. Feel free CITY COUNCIL, COMMISSIONS, will travel the night sky, followed by the need to have an unobstructed view of to contact us via any of the methods mighty Jupiter, which rises in Leo the Lion the horizon in order to catch her quick below. We would love to see you there! COMMITTEES AND BOARDS MEETING around 11.00 p.m. early in the month. On but brilliant glow. But don’t fret, as 2015 SCHEDULE December 12, Jupiter and the moon travel progresses, Venus climbs higher and The Los Angeles Astronomical the sky together - though not as close higher in the sky, making her easier to Society (LAAS): 781 S Orange CITY COUNCIL as they have been in the past. With the spot, week after week. Actually, in late Ave., Monterey Park, CA 1st & 3rd Wednesdays, 7:00 p.m.
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