Summer swim lessons offered in Rowland Heights

Summer swim lessons will be offered by the Rowland Adult and Community Education. Lessons will be taught from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Rowland High School and 2:30 to 5 p.m. at Nogales High.

There will be four two-week sessions, beginning Monday, June 22. Registration will be held on Saturday, June 13, at the recreation department, 2100 Lerona Ave., Rowland Heights.

Lessons cost $45 per session, with a $5 registration fee.

Registration will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis until each class is filled. Registration must be made and signed by parents only.
For more information, call (626) 965-5975, Ext. 1569.

Rowland Heights Community Coordinating Council meets tonight

Rowland Heights residents are invited to the next meeting of the Rowland Heights Community Coordinating Council at 7 p.m. Monday.

The meeting takes place at Pathfinder Park Community Center, located on the corner of Pathfinder and Fullerton roads.

The agenda will include reports from the sheriff’s and California Highway Patrol offices, as well as from representatives of elected officials, including State Assemblyman Curt Hagman, County Supervisor Don Knabe, and possibly State Senator Bob Huff and Supervisor Gloria Molina.

The agenda also includes election of Executive Board officers for 2009-10.
For further information, visit www.rhccc.netfirms.com.

Register Saturday for recreation classes in Rowland Heights

Looking for fun things to keep your children busy this summer? The Rowland Recreation Department has many interesting classes that will appeal to each child’s special interests and talents.

Sports classes include basketball, tennis, soccer, martial arts, and tiny tots sports.
Dance classes include ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, cheer & pom, musical production and Mexican dance. Music courses cover piano, guitar, drums and music for little ones!

Arts offer drawing, cartooning, and art music, as well as arts and crafts.
Computer classes will teach Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and typing.
Science camps will include Mad Mad Robot Lab, Secret Agent Lab, Journey Into Outer Space and Science in Action.

Children may also chose other classes such as ice skating, reading, etiquette, Chinese language and dog training.

Each session will run from six to eight weeks. Registration is now under way at the Rowland Adult and Community Education Recreation Department, 2100 Lerona Ave.

Office hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Friday. Special Saturday registration will be held from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on June 6 and June 20.
For more information, call (626) 965-5975, Ext. 1569

Sounds and songs of ancient Mexico at Hacienda Heights Library

The Hacienda Heights Library presents a program titled “Ancient Mexico — Sounds and Songs of My Ancestors” at 3 p.m. on Saturday June 6.

Martin Espino has researched indigenous Mexican music since 1975. He has been a pioneer of interactive performance and brings a collection of pre-European instruments to his performances.

The library is at 16010 La Monde Street. For information, contact Ryan Ricchio at (626) 968-9356.

Rowland Recreation Department offers childrens’ classes

Looking for fun things to keep your children busy this summer? The Rowland Recreation Department has many interesting classes that will appeal to each child’s special interests and talents.

Sports classes include basketball, tennis, soccer, martial arts, and tiny tots sports.
Dance classes include ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, cheer & pom, musical production and Mexican dance.

Music courses cover piano, guitar, drums and music for little ones!

Arts offer drawing, cartooning, and art music, as well as arts and crafts.

Computer classes will teach Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and typing.
Science camps will include Mad Mad Robot Lab, Secret Agent Lab, Journey Into Outer Space and Science in Action.

Children may also chose other classes such as ice skating, reading, etiquette, Chinese language and dog training.

Each session will run from six to eight weeks. Registration is now under way at the Rowland Adult and Community Education Recreation Department, 2100 Lerona Ave.
Office hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Friday.

Special Saturday registration will be held from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on June 6 and June 20.
For more information, call (626) 965-5975, Ext. 1569

Early California Days opens in Hacienda Heights

St. John Vianney Catholic Church will host its 43rd Early California Days festival this weekend. The community celebration features rides, games, entertainment, bingo and food.

The festival runs 6 to 11 p.m. Friday; 2 to 11 p.m. Saturday; and 1 to 10 p.m. Sunday.

Grand Raffle prizes include: first prize, $10,000; second prize, a Sony 46-inch Bravia LCD television set; and third prize, a Nintendo Wii.

Friday entertainment features the Los Altos High School Color Guard at 6 p.m., the “Elviz” show and karaoke at 6:30 p.m. and the classic rock group “Screamin’ Eagles” from 8 to 11 p.m.

Saturday acts are a Red Dragon Karate demonstration at 2 p.m., Karen’s Kids dance group at 2:45 p.m., and From the Top youth song and dance at 4 p.m. The church’s Youth Mass Band will perform at 5 p.m. and its Spanish Youth Mass Band at 6 p.m. The Spanish music of Sobrevivientes follows at 7 p.m., and the classic rock sounds of the always-popular Legends of the Heights from 8 to 11 p.m.

The Sunday lineup includes Corona Dance Studio at 1 p.m., Sunshine Generation at 2:15 p.m., Claylee’s Dance Studio at 3:15 p.m., the Beatles cover band Rubber Soul from 4:30 to 7 p.m., and the alternative rock sounds of Crossed Keys from 8 to 10 p.m.

Pottery workshop planned at Homestead Museum

The Homestead Museum will offer a pottery-making workshop on Saturday, June 6, from 12:30 to 5 p.m.

Paul “Bear” Bradford will guide students as they learn how to throw their own pottery. Items crafted at the workshop will be personally fired by the instructor.

Students will learn two techniques. One is hand construction from coils, slabs and balls of clay. The other is the use of a pottery wheel.

The cost is $25 for adults, $20 for seniors and students. The museum is at 15415 E. Don Julian Road in the City of Industry. For more information, call (626) 968-8492 or visit homesteadmuseum.org.

Marijuana farm found in Hacienda Heights

Law enforcement officials found about 4,400 marijuana plants this morning inside a home in the hills of Hacienda Heights.

Industry sheriff’s deputies say they found the plants in the 16200 block of Glencove Drive.

The plants are estimated to be worth $5 million to $8 million.

No arrests have been made.

Deputies found the plants through an investigation of another grow house.

Meals on Wheels needs drivers in Hacienda and Rowland Heights

The Greater La Puente Valley Meals on Wheels program needs drivers desperately to deliver meals. The volunters deliver two meals a day between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. five days a week to qualified recipients.

The program is funded by donations and is staffed by volunteers with one paid administrator. Volunteers may drive one or more days per week and receive a gasoline stipend for each day they drive.

Donations are also appreciated, the current state of the economy is resulting in increased demand service while funding is shrinking.

The delivery of a warm meal and a cold meal once a day is sometimes the only contact they have with the outside world. Delivering meals is a very rewarding experience.

Our contact phone is (626) 333-4902. Donations may be sent to: Greater La Puente Valley Meals on Wheels, P.O. Box 3293, City of Industry, CA 91744.

Rowland Unified probes complaints about administrators

During a closed session, Rowland Unified school officials today plan to discuss findings of their probe into anonymous complaints about the actions of secondary school administrators.

The investigation was prompted after several anonymous letters to the board alleged discrimination and misconduct by managers at Giano Intermediate School and Nogales High School, officials said.

Rowland Unified School District board member Judy Nieh requested the investigation at an April 7 board meeting but declined to comment further.

“The information I can tell you is that it’s all related to a group of people, not just one person or two people,” Nieh said.