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Rover Readers in Turkey, Haiti and Long Beach, MS.

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:53:55 -0800

Ephesus, Turkey: Bob and Valerie Hoffman of Long Beach visit the Odeon amphitheater.

Labadee, Haiti: Lois McKinley, Claudia Gravett and Gloria Williams visited in November.

Long Beach, Miss.: Edyth Henrickson makes a stop at the town on the Gulf of Mexico during a trip to New Orleans.

Roving Readers

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:36:09 -0800

Alicante, Spain: Overlooking the Mediterranean Sea in Alicante, Spain, at the Castle of Santa Barbara during a summer vacation are, left to right, Ted Hollister, a Spanish teacher at Wilson High School; Gus Hollister; Josh Chauvin; Amy Hollister, holding Rico; and Andi Hollister. The castle dates to the ninth century.

New York City: May and Charles Parks treated each other to a trip to New York to celebrate their September birthdays. They took in three Broadway Shows, toured New York Harbor and Wall Street, and capped the trip off with a visit to the 9-11 Memorial.

Ensenada, Mexico: Tim and Diana Post took their family on a cruise to Baja California, Mexico, this past summer. Here they are in front of The Plaza de la Patria in Ensenada.

Roving Readers

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:06:17 -0800

In July Bob and Joan Fitzpatrick of Seal Beach spent 7 days cruising down the Columbia River, out of Portland, Or., on the Queen of the West paddlewheel boat.

Jerry and Cindy Murphy of Long Beach celebrated 36 years of marriage by visiting London, Windsor Castle and Stonehenge. We also cruised to the Northern Fjords of Norway where it remained sunny 20 to 24 hours a day. There's no place like home.

In July, Amber Hamilton received here White Coat as she started her journey toward her M.D. at St. Louis School of Medicine in St. Louis, Mo. Her she is pictured on the steps of St. Francis Xavier (College) Church, where the ceremony took place, with her grandmother Dolores Husband and her cousin and godson, Lorenzo Marsh.

Trudy Briscoe and Bill Ruzgis of Naples exploring the Okavango Deltas wildlife in Botswana, while floating in a Mokoro, a traditional dugout canoe. Their travels took them through Botswanas, Zambia and Zimbabwe in Africa.

Doing good during the Holiday Season

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 22:00:50 -0800

City employees help families for the holidays

Thirty-five gift cards, worth $525, and more than 600 toys and gifts were donated by City of Cerritos employees and Cerritos Sheriff's Station personnel to help needy families this holiday season. The donations were distributed through Toys for Tots, the Artesia-Cerritos Community Christmas Program and Salvation Army-Angel Tree program.

Holiday shopping store and donation to Miller Children's Hospital

Tis the season to shop and share! Children's Garden Pre-School ended the year on December 15 and 16 with their 3, 4, and 5-year-olds going to their "Holiday Shopping Store." Their parents donated re-gifted items or items purchased from the Dollar store. Parents also donated $.25 per item for the pre-schoolers to purchase gifts for everyone in the family.

Submitted by Janét Hund

P-T scales Mount Kilimanjaro and Honors Veterans

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 21:55:11 -0800

Chris Zahn with guides Isaack Kitindi, left and Ben Mality on the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, East Africa

On November 10, Donna Hinton and Cass Wilson of Long Beach spent the weekend attending a Veterans Conference at the SGI Florida Nature Center along with 115 other veterans. The older Vets spent their time listening to the younger Vets and giving them words of encouragement. Pictured are Donna and Cass in the center along with two other vets.

Submitted by Cass Wilson

Roving Readers

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:28:18 -0800

Rudy and Patricia Espinosa take a recent road trip to beautiful Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.

Friends Spencer and Sandy Green, Randy and Debby Barr and Mary and Bill Wardlow took a 15-day tour through seven countries in Europe. Here they are in front of Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria. This was the summer home of the Habsburg dynasty, which ruled from the late 13th century to the end of World War I in 1918.

Dennis and Luci Rodgers of Lakewood traverse the world-famous Horseshoe Curve in Altoona, PA. The Horseshoe Curve was built in 1854. It is 366 meters across, 1310 meters long with a 1.8 percent grade eliminating the 10 incline planes and encouraging trade crossing the Allegheny Mountains.

John Simpson and Patsy Marion from Carson stopped at Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin, Germany during a 10-day cruise of the Baltic Sea aboard Oceania's new ship Marina.

Roving Readers

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:09:26 -0800

The Press-Telegram goes to Ha'a pai, Kingdom of Tongo, South Pacific

Anne Cook of Los Alamitos, middle row, right end, and Cindy Erickson of Cypress, last row, right end, took the Press-Telegram to this class in Tongo. Juleigh Burke of La Mirada, front row, center, is serving in the Peace Corps there and enjoyed a visit from her grandmother Anne and Aunt Cindy. Juleigh teaches English in St. Andrew's School. Anne Cook is a retired LBUSD administrator.

Anna Joyce and granddaughter Kayla Joyce on a trip to New York for Kayla's 15th birthday. We toured the Statue of Liberty and walked 153 steps to the pedestal.

Joe and Joannie Lloyd went on a cruise from Beijing, China to Alaska. Here we are on the Qingdao Pier in front of Tsingdao Beer's Logo.

Bill Cox of La Palma and Ann Pray of Rossmoor on a trip to Germany to find the Army base where he was stationed during the Korean War. It is now a refugee camp for immigrants.

Jerry and Cindy Murphy visited Rio de Juneiro and cruised the coast of Brazil to Buenos Aires and back to Rio. Press-Telegram travels the world with us.

Submitted by Cindy and Jerry Murphy
Naples, Long Beach

Chris Witkowski of Lakewood and granddaughter, Raeanne Jones of Chino Hills visited the Senate Chamber at the Capital in Sacramento. The field trip with Raeanne's OPA school also included Sutter's Fort, Vietnam Memorial and panning for gold.

Submitted by Chris Witkowski

Monica Gonzales, celebrating her graduation from Cal State Long Beach and her 24th birthday in Alaska last summer, along with her great aunt Floriza Martinez, pre-celebrating her 85th birthday and Carmen Marzuelos Ezeta from Lima Peru, celebrating her 50th birthday.

Submitted by Floriza Martinez

Grace Farrington, left, a former Lakewood resident and Beverly Johnson of Downey, took the train through the Canadian Rockies. We visited Vancover, Jasper, Banff, Calgary and beautiful Lake Louise shown in the background.

Submitted by Beverly Johnson

While on vacation in England with his grandfather, Andrew Burton visited Southport, Liverpool, Warwick Castle and London. Here he is outside the Cavern Pub in Liverpool. A statue of John Lennon greets visitors.

Submitted by Ray Burton

Happy Anniversary

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:17:28 -0800

March 20, 2010 was truly memorable for Dale and Pat Edwards as they celebrated with family and friends their 60th wedding anniversary.
Two wonderful sons set up the party our son, Bob Wood and wife Betsy, from Nebraska engaged a trio of musicians, Los Salazar to play for us.
We thank our sons and their wives and all those who attended this very special day that left us so glad to have friends and family.

Submitted by Dale and Patricia Edwards
Lakewood

Roving Readers continue to rome

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:12:32 -0800

Ron and Joan Cummings of Signal Hill took a cruise vacation from Los Angeles to Panama Canal, going through Canal, docking at Ports like Costa Rica, Colombia and Aruba. Here we are seen enjoying the hot weather in Aruba, one happy island. We finally docked in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl.

Sally and Kozy Boren in October 2010 aboard Seabourn's cruise ship, "Legend," at the port of Portofino along the Italian Riveria.

Submitted by Sally Boren

Sisters Cissy Werner of Long Beach, far right, Jeannie Lella of Rohnert Park, CA, middle; and Lisa del' Giudice, of Portland, OR, at left, in front of the Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France in October 2010.

From left to right; Nancy Hayes, Diana Rodriguez of Downey and Rosie Maloof of Long Beach in Sydney, Australia in January with the Sydney Bridge and Opera House in the background. The next day, Nancy and Diana climbed the bridge for an exhilarating and memorable experience. Earlier we had a wonderful experience snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef. What a great trip.

Submitted by Diana Rodriguez

John Bosley in front of the Texas school book depository in Dallas, the location of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. I was named after the late president.

Submitted by John Bosley

Pirates on the water, Paramount High School Alums and longtime friends enjoy a funfilled weekend at Lake Mojave. Seated left to right are Dave Knight, Gill Mays and Dave Moody. Standing left to right are Mel Thibideaux and Gary LeFevre.

Tom and Karen McBride at Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest in Lynchburg, VA. We were there representing the Thomas Jefferson Humanist Society.

Submitted by Karen McBride

Rick and Roberta Taylor, left, of Artesia aboard the Coral Princess cruise ship with their longtime friends, David and Suzanne Reynolds. Here we are on our amazing transit through the Panama Canal. The Press-Telegram shows the two ships, the Queen Victoria and th Queen Mary, exchanging whistle salutes as the fireworks blast off. Not long after that, the Queen Victoria left the port of Los Angeles for its Panama Canal adventure.

Robert and Carmen Harnish of Long Beach celebrate Carmen's 80th birthday in Oahu, Hawaii on Feb. 15. A surprise birthday celebration with friends and family followed on March 12.

Spain trip with the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce in November 2010. Claudia Quinones of Paramount, Richard and Marilyn Colvin of Lakewood and Linda Luevano of Paramount all visited Gibraltar, Granada, the bullfighting ring, and several other places. We also took a day trip to Morroco. We had a great time.

Submitted by Claudia Quinones

I am the associate/project director for United Cambodian Community in Long Beach. In February this year, I took my first trip to Cambodia. This picture was taken at Angkor Wat Temple, located at Siem Reap City, Northern Cambodia. The Angkor Wat is one of the seven wonders of the world. The temple is on of the famous known as the Bayon temple.

Submitted by Raymond Chavarria

Ryan Darrow and Mom, Kathie McGhee, enjoy a Pina Colada at "Barrachina" in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Ryan is stationed in San Juan with the U.S. Coast Guard.

Bob Lavery, Pam Kirkner and Jim Dyson, all of Long Beach visit the Kwame Nkruma Mausoleum in Accra, Ghana.

Heather Raphael of Long Beach visits Point Reyes National Seashore, CA.

Ron and Faith Talsma on our trip to the Southern Caribbean on the Serenade of the Sea. It was our 50th wedding anniversary. We went with our children, grandchildren and my husband's siblings. There were a total of 31 of us. This picture was taken on Aruba.

Submitted by Faith Talsma
Bellflower

Our family went to Honolulu on July 4 for a Greater Long Beach Soccer Tournament (Hawaiian International Cup). Our granddaughter Haley Hanson played for the Speed Demons. They brought home the gold medal for 12 year olds. Pictured left to right are; Haley, her parents Lisa and Greg Hanson brother Jonathan, grandparents Virgina and Bob Hanson and grandmother Emily Binkley. We also had time to visit the USS Arizona, city tour and stopped at the King Kamehameha.

Submitted by Virgina Hanson

pn00-rproving42: During the month of July Long Beach residents, Arturo Carbajal, Bob, Chris, Chloe and Jennifer Salsameda enjoyed the "Best of Italy," tour and visited Rome, Assisi, Venice, Pisa, Florence, Sorrento, Capri and Positano.

While in Texas to attend their grandson's high school graduation, Keith and Mary Carr, of Bellflower, took a side trip to King Ranch, home of the first registered quarter horse.

Duane and Vicky Stanton and Bob and Lynda Muenzer of Long Beach joined Bob and Joan Muenzer of Seal Beach to celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary with a stop in Puerta Vallarta on a Mexican Cruise.

Nancy and Richard Gallegos of Long Beach, married 56 years. Betty and Telo Villaloboz of San Pedro, married 55 years. Both couples were married in the month of June. Here we are at the Divisadero lookout on the Copper Canyon train in Chihuahua, MX.

My wife Consuelo and I recently went to South America, cruising and visiting Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru and Chile. This picture was taken in the city of Vina Del Mar, Chile.

Submitted by Adolfo Sanchez
Long Beach

Barry and Donna Lee of Austell, Ga. and Brenda and Jerry Biehn of Downey, Ca. in the Winner's Circle at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama. This was one of many stops on a road trip for Georgia to California.

Submitted by Brenda Biehn

Good Kids

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:20:16 -0800

Mayfair Academic Program (MAP) students are in front of Harvard University in Boston. On this trip students also visited NYU and MIT. Each year junior and seniors students have an opportunity to take a different college tour. Students accepted into MAP take a rigorous course of study including a minimum of five AP classes. The college tours help students make an informed decision about where they apply.

Submitted by Ellen Swieck
Lakewood

This very lovely young lady, Audrey Takamiyashiro, and her mother, Alice Takamiyashiro at St. Pancratius School in May celebrating St. Mary with flowers and prayers. What a great mother-daughter moment, especially since Audrey graduated from the school in June. Audrey is an active altar server for the church, a Girl Scout, does volunteer work at an animal shelter, is a good citizen of the school and good citizen of the community. I have been their, across-the-street, neighbor and friend for years. They are a wonderful family and their first child, Audrey is now beginning her journey into high school. God bless them and people like them for taking care of their children so well, providing for their educational, religious and citizenship training and for being plain, good people. We salute Audrey and wish her well.

Submitted by Ellen Mizoguchi
Lakewood

Best shots

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:00:45 -0800

My three heroes

Nathan Summers, left, Teri Summer, center and Brittone Summers, right, are truly my heroes. This picture was taken at the Brain Tumor Walk in Huntington Beach. She walked a little, but was also pushed in a wheelchair. Earlier this year, Teri lost her battle with a type of brain cancer. Between the chemo, radiation and massive doses of steroids she continually staged optomistic and kept her great sense of humor. Although she suffered greatly during this time, she never complained. Her children Brittani and Nathan took remarkable care of her. For two young adults, they immediately took control of her illness. It was a rough 11 months but they never wavered. Rest in peace Teri with Jesus.

Submitted by Donno Colomonico, a proud Grandma

In early July, Spc. Ricardo Yanez Jr. finally came home from a year in Iraq. He is a 2004 Downey High School graduate and joined the Army a year later. He joined the reserves then went on to Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn with the 422nd Military Police Battalion. He's married to his high school sweetheart, Joslyn and in September 2010 they became the proud parents of a beautiful baby girl named Mia Richyn, who was born while he was away. Ricardo is the son of Ricardo Sr. and Marisabel Yanez of Downey.

This is my project, "Stairway of Hope," which I built in tribute of 9-11.

Submitted by Gregory Kelly

Grandma Janie said: "I'll go get your sippy cup Alex." Well 1 1/2 year old Alexandria was just too thirsty, as you can see, she took matters into her own hands, literally.

Submitted by Sue Valdez

My son Scott and grand daughter Anne on vacation in New York with the Twin Towers in the background.

This is my grand daughter Paloma with Janet Salmeron, a stylist at Cherry Blossom Beauty Salon in Long Beach. Paloma just had 10 inches of her hair cut to donate to "Locks of Love." Paloma loves her new hair cut and is happy to know she will make a child smile with her donated hair.

For Lakewood Volunteer Day many parents and children met at Gompers Elemetary School in Lakewood to clear, plant flowers and shrubs and planted a shade tree for the kindergarten playground.

Submitted by Gwen Travis

Dorothy, Cecilia and Pat Coleman in New York for CSULB Jazz instructor, Cecilia's recording session for her Big Band CD released last summer. Here we are at Rudy VanGelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs New Jersey. Cecilia was born in Long Beach and performed with her quintet for years in L.A. and KLON playlists for many years when here.

Submitted by Patrick Coleman

Cool Pets

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:29:54 -0800

About two years ago we adopted this shiny, leggy, 86-pounder from the non-profit sanctuary, Livingfree.org in the San Jacinto mountains near Idllywild. We did a breed ID - DNA test on "Duke," now 3-years old, a mix of Weimaraner and German Shepard. Adopting an older animal has worked out so well for us. He gets along so good with our two cats, and our turtles. He is so loved, and so much fun.

Submitted by Mike and Lee Folks
Long Beach

This is my favorite mold for my cat nap. -- Pussilla

Submitted by Edith Freeman
Long Beach

This is our two babies Daisy and Chanel enjoying a quiet rest together after their morning run. Chanel is 3 years old and Daisy is 9 months. They are the best of friends.

Submitted by Barbara Lyons
Lakewood

These are my landlords, Sparky is a male Domestic Short Hair and Charly is a female gray Taby. Charly was adopted at seven weeks from the Seal Beach Animal Care Center. As luck would have it, I found Sparky a few weeks later abandoned and about the same age. Our of curiousity, I counted the toys they have around the house -- 47! They couldn't be spoiled, could they? I fell so grateful they let me live with them.

Submitted by Ron Hewitt
Bellflower

Our special pet is Pebbles. After having mostly beagles as our family pets for years, now we have a chihuahua. Our neighbors rescued her from a busy street in West Covina. A car narrowly missed hitting her. After trying to locate her owner, the neighbors offered her to us.
They knew we were feeling sad because we had just lost our beagle, Buddy. Pebbles has brought a lot of joy into our lives and we are grateful to our neighbors, who we call her Godparents. In this photo is Pebbles in the middle of two porch decorations we have had for years.

Submitted by Shirley Oglesby
Long Beach

Somewhere there is a slogan, "Put a Sparkle in your life." Ours is a lovable little female bichon. After losing Noel, another lovable female bichon, after some fifteen years, we decided that our home needed another companion since all our children were grown and living in their own homes.
Sparkle was given to us by our breeder and although she was the runt of the litter, she was gorgeous to us.
During her time with us, Sparkle has captured our hearts. She plays hard all day then crawls into one of our leather chairs in the den around 8 p.m. each evening to go to sleep. At 9 p.m., she is put to bed in her kennel cab beside our bed. Early in the morning before daybreak, she's awake adn scatching on her cab to let us know she wants to get in bed with us. There she rolls up like a little white powder puff and goes back to sleep, between us, until about 7 a.m.
Soon after, she is ready to go out for her morning walk in Wardlow Park just across the street from our home. For most of the day she plays, runs around the den at high speeds, eats and sleeps and goes for walks in front of the house. She has become an integral part of our lives and really is the "Sparkle" in it.

Submitted by Carolyn and George West
Long Beach

This is my little love, "Mouse." We adopted her when she was two months old. She was found wandering the busy streets of Long Beach. The SPCALA of Long Beach rescued her and lucky us. She is our newest baby and the love of Chico's (we rescued him too) life and our's.

Submitted by Irene Oliger
Lakewood

Brutus is commonly called Bubba. Theodore is the Chihuahua who thinks he is a guard dog and Bubba is the lap dog. They are both rescues and the best of buddies. Bubba even let Theo win in tug of war and lets him sleep on his back.

Submitted by Millie Franssen
Lakewood

This is Ozzie. This was his first road trip to Solvang. He's all love, just like his Press-Telegram headline.

Submitted by Gary and Diana Ulmer

This is Earnie and Stretch, dressed and ready to go for Halloween.

Submitted by Katie and Ron Kennedy

Graduation Ceremonies

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:54:19 -0800

Long Beach Police Department Graduates Nine New Senior Police Partners

In August 2011 the Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) graduated a class of nine individuals as Senior Police Partners (SPP). The new graduates are Sonia Duran, Fran Feinberg, Sylvia Goldstein, Ernestine Green, Isidro "Izzy" Lopez, Linda Penrod, Jane Rutkin, Suzie Williams and Mike Yoachum.
The Senior Police Partner program was developed in 1995 to meet the needs of the growing senior community and to assist the LBPD with community outreach to senior victims of crime. The program has had a positive impact on quality of life issues for senior citizens and has proven to be a tremendous asset to community safety throughout the city.
The 40-hour academy included both classroom and field training.
Now that the new SPPs have completed the academy portion of their training, each will be assigned to a Senior SSP for approximately 90 days for one-on-one training in the field. Upon completion of the training matrix, they will be presented with a volunteer badge.

Family and friends attended Nicole Salg's graduation ceremony from Tuft's Medical School in May 2011. Nicole is a 2001 graduate from Poly High School and a 2005 graduate from UC Berkeley. Dr. Salg started her residency in Family Medicine at Tuf''s Medical Center in July. We are all very proud of her and had a great time celebrating with her in Boston.

Congratulations Dr. Nicole Salg

Memories of early Long Beach

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:42:13 -0800

This is a story about my family that's been in this area since the 1940s and one that, to this day, has many connections in Long Beach.

The Fabulous Klosterman Family loses yet another

A war era Press-Telegram story labeled them the Fabulous Klosterman Family, (father Clem) having sent sons off to fight the war and others to succeed in their various endeavors. Winifred, the mother penned an award winning story for The Reader's Digest called "Fifteen Babies Aren't Enough." This photo was taken outside their residence in 1948 at 401 S. Poinsettia in Compton with their new '48 Chevy. And now, yet one more has passed away, leaving only four out of the 15. Francis A. (Frenchy) Klosterman, 3rd from the right, passed away July 12. A teammate of Dodger's great Duke Snider at Compton High School, and friend of Pete Rozelle, former NFL Commissioner, Frenchy was the student body president while playing football, basketball and baseball ... leaped from two burning B-24s during WWII training flights. The Klosterman clan was iconic in the area in the late 40s and early 50s. Don, standing far left, starred as Quarterback at Compton High and went on to lead the NCAA in passing at Loyola University in 1950, then to a stellar career as General Manager with three NFL teams including the Los Angeles Rams. Tom QBd and starred at St. Anthony, as did brother Jim. Patti Peters attended both St. Anthony and Compton High and was a popular Long Beach resident all her life. She's married to Don Peters; Jeannie married Don Berberet, star athlete and collegiate official and brother of MLB player Lou, and Shirley attended Compton High. All 15 went on to successful and fruitful lives, mostly in the immediate and surrounding areas of Long Beach. Tom, Jim, Jeannie and Shirley are the surviving siblings.
The Clement Klostermans of 401 S. Poinsettia, Compton, CA. (circa 1948) Kneeling left to right, Tom, Jim, and Patti. Standing on the left of the car, left to right; Don, Kay (Bundy), Addie (Burke) , Bob, Joi (Weber), Lynn (Day), Shirley (Moore), Ken. Standing on the right of the car, L-R: Jeanne (Berberet), Marion (Metzler), Frenchy, Clement, Winnifred. Sitting in the car is Ruthie (Higgins)

Submitted by Don W. Klosterman

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:22:06 -0800

Elephant Starts New Life in Go-Fame's Production of "Barnum"

Mel and Joan Lindsey donate elephant to Long Beach's Go-Fame Youth Theatre Co.

By Dorothy Spirus

They say cats have nine lives, but there's an elephant in Long Beach that can claim she's on her fourth. She was one of the featured performers in the musical "Barnum," presented by the Go-Fame Youth Theatre Company in July at the University Theatre on the Cal State Long Beach campus.
This life-sized elephant made her debut in the 1983 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena as part of the Eastman-Kodak float, along with her two babies.
She and her offspring were then fixtures at Orange County Park for several years, followed by a 15-year stint in the playground of a Costa Mesa daycare center.
Next, owner Mel Lindsey took her home with him when he sold that business six years ago. She's been standing near the alley behind his Long Beach home until now.
"This is just delightful, getting her back to her glory," said Lindsey. "She's done a lot of good over the years -- entertaining and bringing joy to kids."
Nicknamed Alley Elephant by the neighborhood children, she had fallen into disrepair over the years. Go-Fame's stage craft crew restored her for a triumphant public unveiling when "Barnum" opened.
Go-Fame's artistic director Elaine Zofrea was delighted with the acquisition.
"Some people adopt rescue dogs, we just like bigger animals," she said. "We are honored that Mel has entrusted us to care for his elephant."
The rest of the Barnum cast is comprised of local youth, aged 8 to 18.

Shoreline in Long Beach looking toward San Pedro.

Photo taken by Patrick Collins, April 2011

Special friends from singles group, Main Point in the 80s from Grace Brethren Church of Long Beach at a 30 year reunion, August 20, get together and remember old times and the blessings of treasured friendships.

Submitted by Debi Boyd

This is my best shot of my daughter, Madison. She recently competed for the Los Alamitos WPC 12 and under girls team at the National Junior Olympics held in Irvine in August. Madison had a great tournament, scoring 10 goals in nine games, including an overtime shootout game-clincher. She helped lead her team to a top 10 finish.

Submitted by Brett Alexander