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HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON FROM THE CITY OF INDUSTRY Mt. SAC Chamber Singers to deliver Holiday Cheer, Tuesday, Dec. 4th, at Pacific Palms Vol. XL CITY OF INDUSTRY, CALIFORNIA No. 11 November 2007 Conference Resort. Tim Spohn Appointed to Industry City Council At their October 25th meeting, the Industry City Council appointed long time community member Tim Spohn to fill the vacancy created by the passing of Councilman Phil Marcellin. Councilman Spohn will serve out Marcellin’s remaining term. Tim was a member of the Industry Urban-Development Agency prior to his appointment. Councilman Spohn grew up in the area, Mt. SAC Chamber Singers attended local schools and has been a big supporter and volunteer to the Annual Formed in 1994, the Chamber Singers by winning the “Choir of the World” title Industry Hills Pro Charity Rodeo. He are the main performing choir at Mt. SAC. at the prestigious Eisteddfod International looks forward to serving the City as its This elite choral ensemble consists of 36 Music Competition in Wales. On their way newest council member. auditioned singers who perform works from to the grand prize, the choral ensemble won the Renaissance as well as new works from three gold medals for their performances the 21st Century. For more than a decade, in the Mixed Choir, Folk Song Choir, the Chamber Singers have performed world and Youth Choir competitions. In the 61 wide and earned notable distinction, having years of the Eisteddfod competition, no Santa’s Holiday Train consistently won numerous state, national, other single group has won this many gold and international honors. medals. Choral Professor Bruce Rogers and the This promises to be a exceptional Mt. SAC Chamber Singers ended their 2007 luncheon, get your RSVP’s in early. European Tour this summer on a high note Santa Claus is coming to town aboard Meet local Los Angeles County Metrolink’s 2007 Holiday Toy Express! Firefighters who will be at the show to Scheduled for Saturday, November 24, collect toys for the Spark of Love Toy 2007, arriving at 7:35 PM, at the City of drive. Just the Fax Industry Metrolink Station, 600 South Brea Audience members are encouraged to When parties have an established of the advertisement is not sufficient to Canyon Road. share their holiday spirit by donating new business relationship, an unsolicited fax establish a violation of the Act. Families are invited to come to their unwrapped toys, which the firefighters will advertisement can be deemed invited What Should You Do? local Metrolink Station, meet Santa and distribute to needy children within local or permitted by the recipient, and not • Do not send unsolicited faxes. his friends, and enjoy an all-new holiday communities. a violation of the federal Telephone • Provide fax recipients with specific production. Consumer Protection Act (Act) of 1991. directions as to how to opt out of future The recipient is required to tell the other faxes. party to stop contacting it or stop sending • If you are the recipient of an unsolicited faxes -- merely informing them that the fax, notify the sender in writing that you do From the Mayor’s Desk recipient is not interested in the subject not wish to receive future faxes. Housing Element Workshop The City of Industry invites you to rehabilitation and preservation of housing participate in a workshop regarding within the City of Industry. Outfit Your Laptop for the Road preparation of the 2008-2014 Housing You are invited to participate in the Element. The Housing Element is one Housing Element workshop that will focus chapter of the City’s General Plan, which on identifying local housing needs within is the long-term planning vision for the the City and housing programs to meet City. The Housing Element guides the those needs. DATE: November 29, 2007 Business travelers need to prepare for Today’s laptops often come equipped with the vagaries of life on the road, and when it wireless cards to let you connect to Wi-Fi comes to laptops, preparing means making hotspots at cafes, airports and hotels. But LOCATION: City of Industry City Council Chamber sure you’re equipped with the right mix of if you find yourself somewhere that’s not 15651 East Stafford Street gadgets and services designed for on-the- equipped with Wi-Fi, you don’t want to move professionals. waste time scrambling to find a hotspot. The City of Industry, California You probably know enough to bring an solution? A special wireless card like one extra battery, but plenty of other gadgets, online from Sprint Mobile Broadband Solutions services and techno-tools can help you have a that allows you to connect your laptop to the TIME: 10:00 a.m. productive trip, rather than one marred by snafus. Internet from pretty much anywhere. You Consider these options when you’re can find an assortment of plans, including If you have any questions on this housing element workshop, working away from the office: one that provides unlimited access at $59.99 please call Mike Kissell at (626) 333-2211. Supercharged Wireless per month with a two-year agreement. Continued on page 3 PAGE TWO NOVEMBER 2007—INDUSTRY NEWS CITY OF INDUSTRY NEWS Here & There…By the Staff Published monthly by the Industry Manufacturers Council and the City of Industry. Construction materials will cost a bit order to cut off the flow of water from the City of Industry City Council more next year, despite the housing recoil. S. F. Bay Delta, preserving fish. The Dave PEREZ, Mayor JOHN P. FERRERO JEFF PARRIOTT An industry index of about 20 items is city is imposing limits on watering lawns PAUL BIELEC TIM SPOHN likely to show a 6 percent or so rise and washing driveways and sidewalks. next year, after a 5 percent gain this year. Restaurant patrons must ask for water with City Manager Markets for many items are global. Brisk meals. Hotels must offer their guests the PHILIP iriarte building in China and India, for example, option of reusing towels and linens rather INDUSTRY MANUFACTURERS COUNCIL will continue to fuel orders for a variety of than having them washed daily. Officers and Directors materials. … KENT VALLEY, President Estimates: Concrete products will gain 6 LAURIE MARSHALL, Vice President KENNETH BRYAN, Director percent in 2008. Steel mill items, 7 percent. The Space Age is turning 50. On October RONALD CIPRIANI, Secretary/Treasurer JOHN BYERS, Director Metal plumbing fixtures, 6 percent, slowing 4, 1957, Sputnik 1, a very elementary CARL BENNITT, Director TRUDY MARINO, Director from 2007. Gypsum, heavily used in satellite, was launched by the Soviet Union. housing, down 5 percent. Oriented strand It stunned the world and spurred the U. Industry manufacturers COUNCIL DONALD SACHS, Executive Director CONNIE BRENNER, Admin. Assist. board, flat, after a 15 percent plunge this S. to put a man on the moon…proving RON WHITTEMORE, Assist. Exec. Dir. JOANNE BRESLIN, Admin. Assist. year. Lumber, up 4 percent on average for that sometimes competition brings out HOPE MILLAN, Assoc. Director ERIN BROWNING, Contrib. Ed. the year, though it won’t gain much traction the best in mankind. Gains from space until the second half of 2008. exploration can be found in every walk of City of Industry News, C/O Industry Manufacturers Council … modern life…better plastics, lasers, Velcro, 15651 Stafford Street, City of Industry, CA 91744 computers and wireless communications. Telephone: (626) 968-3737 • Fax: (626) 330-5060 Coming soon: Wireless Internet access … www.cityofindustry.org for your car. The equipment and monthly Readers are encouraged to submit comments, story ideas and news items. service charges are a bit pricey…around The sluggish economy will take a toll Layout and design prepared by Marrs Printing. $400 for the equipment plus about $40 through at least the middle of 2008. With to $50 a month to connect by plugging growth slowing here more dramatically a computer into the car socket. Signals than in most other countries, currency Health Costs to Shoot Up In 2008 reach up to 300 feet. Equipment suppliers traders will place more bets on euros, include Autonet Mobile, WAAV and KVH pounds, etc. Industries. Lower interest rates will also hurt. Other Avis is gradually rolling out such service countries won’t move to cut their rates in its rental cars. The cost: $10.95 a day. just because the Federal Reserve is doing Other rental outfits are sure to follow. it. That means more short-term currency Wireless Web access on airplanes is investors will seek higher yields outside also on tap by 2009. American Airlines, the U. S. Alaska Airlines and Virgin America will … test service on some planes next year. The Federal Communications Commission is Cell phone bills hurting your bottom on board with broadband in the skies but line? Try a bulk plan. Firms that deal will continue to nix cell phone use. directly with wireless companies pay much Bad news for U.S. businesses and workers Chairmen of the relevant committees … less than those that let their employees emerged last week as an analysis of projected released the letter to all Democratic work out their own deals. health plan costs showed that premiums will members in the House on June 28. Be careful about penalizing workers for Group discounts will soon grow from increase 14 percent next year, the largest “The legislation will reverse the their health habits. Some employers are 10 percent to 15 percent for phone bills increase in four years. The analysis by Hewitt Republican drive to privatize Medicare. ... charging higher insurance premiums to for employers. With administrative costs Associates of nearly 160 large companies With strong public support, we will present employees who smoke or don’t stick to rising, wireless vendors want to get more shows the initial premium rate increases a bill the administration and vulnerable treatments for high blood pressure, diabetes companies on group plans.