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PAGE 4 • TEMPLE CITY LIFE • OCTOBER 2008 Temple City Life A publication of the Temple City Chamber of Commerce. Temple City Life is published at 9050 Las Tunas Drive, Temple City, CA 91780. (626) 286-3101 Linda Payne, President, CEO ................... Editor and Publisher Jeanne Murset ................. Membership Executive/News Writer Jerry Jambazian ............................ Web Master / Photographer Andrea Olivas ................................. Advertising Representative Philip Pettus ........................................... Publishing Consultant Temple City Life is a monthly publication produced by the Temple City Chamber of Commerce and distributed to homes and businesses in Temple City and vicinity. Articles submitted and printed in the Temple City Life do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Temple City Chamber Commerce or its Board of Directors. Information is published to inform the public and stimulate discussion. Our Mission Statement Inspired by community-minded individuals, the Temple City Chamber of Commerce is dedicated to the high quality of life through the promotion of a strong local economy and active participation of all business. Temple City Chamber of Commerce An organization working to build the community through its businesses and residents Officers and Board of Directors 2008 – 2009 Herbert Chan ........................................ Chairman of the Board GP Wedding and Photography Andrea Olivas ..................................................... Vice Chairman First 2 Fund Home Loan Servicing Kathy Chambers ........................................... Finance Chairman Quality Bookkeeping Service Lynne Burkhardt .............................................. Board Secretary Resident Member Karina Alanis ...................................................... Board Member Alanis Embroidery Oscar Bustamante .............................................. Board Member Shin Dance Academy/Temple City Dance & Music Theresa Chessir .................................................. Board Member Sonshine House Preschool Darlene Reynosa................................................. Board Member Athens Services Matt Smith .......................................................... Board Member Resident Manny Valenzuela .............................................. Board Member Friends of the Libary (nonprofit organization) Brian Venerable, DC........................................... Board Member Venerable Chiropractic Clinic Bruce Wataru ...................................................... Board Member Fanny’s Flowers Ex-Officio Members Charlie Martin ............................ City Manager / City Attorney Ken Gillanders .......................................... City Council Liaison Joe Walker ............. Temple City Unified School Board Liaison John Zubrick .................................... Immediate Past Chairman Jerry Jambazian .............................. Webmaster, Photographer Wonder Cleaners & Drapery Staff Linda Payne ........................................................ President/CEO Jeanne Murset ........................................ Membership Executive e-mail to: info@templecitychamber.org The Temple City Chamber of Commerce, the American Red Cross, Temple City and the Temple City Unified School District, will be scheduling two separate nights of seminars with informative facts that can help residents if and when a large earthquake hits the San Gabriel Valley. To be prepared, this helpful seminar is a must to attend. The public is invited to hear how to Chamber News www.templecitychamber.org Are you ready for a big earthquake? Emergency planning seminars set for Oct. 15, 29 To create a cleaner environment for the community, the Temple City Chamber of Commerce is hosting an electronic waste (e-waste) collection event on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 25-26, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the Chamber’s parking lot, 9050 Las Tunas Dr. E-waste includes electronic products or devices, such as computer monitors, televisions, PC systems, printers, home entertainment systems, copiers, and facsimile machines that have reached their useful end, whether in working condition or not. The collection event is a free service to both city residents and businesses to properly dispose of unwanted electronic products. Estimates are that 35 million pounds of e-waste get prepared for a disaster. The first of the two seminars will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15 at the Temple City High School Media Center, 9501 E. Lemon, Temple City. The second seminar will be at the same location at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29. There will be no charge but participants must make reservations. Contact the Chamber at (626) 286-3101. Each year, the American Red Cross responds immediately to more than 70,000 disasters, including house or apartment fires (the majority of disaster responses), hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, tornados, hazardous material spills, transportation accidents, explosion and other natural and man-made disasters. Where to turn in old computers — Chamber hosting e-waste collection, Oct. 25-26 are still sitting in California households and businesses. Only 10-15% of e-waste is currently properly dismantled or recycled. Electronic discards are one of the fastest growing segments of our nation’s waste stream. About 70% of heavy metals and 40% of lead contents found in today’s landfills are from ewaste. The public invited to support a cleaner environment by diverting e-waste away from the city and landfills and move it to the appropriate recycling process. For more detailed information on the event or qualified e-waste products, please contact the Chamber at (626) 286-3101. Chamber Monthly Social Mixer to be hosted by TCUSD, Oct. 20 The Temple City Chamber of Commerce and the Temple City Unified School District invites the public to attend a potluck Social Mixer , from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20. at the District offices, 9700 Las Tunas Dr.This is a Potluck, so those attending are asked to please bring a main dish or a side dish to share. For further information or to make a reservation, phone the Chamber at (626) 28603101. Temple City Chamber of Commerce and Temple City Unified School District invite you to a Pot Luck Mixer Monday Oct. 20, 2008 MONTHLY SOCIAL MIXER Clip or Copy this form When: Monday, Oct. 20 Mixer: 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Location: TCUSD Offices, 9700 Las Tunas Dr., Temple City Cost: $5 per person or bring a side dish Call Chamber for further information (626) 286-3101 Open to all businesses and residents, public invited Yes, I will attend the Oct, 20, Mixer Name(s): ____________________________________________________________________ Business Name _______________________________________________________________ Address: ____________________________________________________________________ Phone number (include area code) _______________________________________________ _____*I will bring a raffle gift. (Attach your business card) Return this form to: T.C. Chamber of Commerce, 9050 Las Tunas Dr., T.C., 91780 Fax# (626) 286-2590 *If bringing a drawing gift, please attach your business card.
www.templecitychamber.org e-mail to: info@templecitychamber.org TEMPLE CITY LIFE • OCTOBER 2008 PAGE 5 West Coast Shotokan Karate Association Celebrates 40 years Temple City’s West Coast Shotokan Karate Association, which was founded by the late Edwin Hamille in 1968, will be celebrating its 40th anniversary with a weeklong celebration beginning Monday, Oct. 13 and concluding with a banquet at the Duarte Elks Club on Saturday, Oct. 18. Currently the school is owned and managed by Ed Shanick, a 4th degree black belt. Ed is a graduate of Temple City High School, Class of 1960. He started with Hamile in 1970 and was joined in the years that followed by current senior staff. They are Chief Instructor Sensei David Hurlbut (7th degree black belt); Assistant Chief Instructor Sensei Randy Tyrell (6th degree black belt); Sensei Will Adams (5th degree belt); and Senseis Tony Duran and Theresa Duenas (both 4th degree black belts). The staff shares a rich tradition established by Hamile, who was a student of Masters Hirokazu Kanazawa, Tetsuhiko Asai, who served as chairman of the Japan Karate Association, and Masataka Mori. Kanazawa has been described as the finest martial artist of the 20th Century and Asai has been labeled as probably having “no equal” as a martial artist. Hamile started karate in Hawaii as a 34-year-old, hoping to gain skills in self-defense and anger management. Already a well-rounded sportsman, he surfed, iceskated, played tennis, rode horseback and piloted private planes. Shihan Edwin Hamile was first non-Japanese recipient of the Japan Karate Association’s coveted Gichen Funakoshi Award. Business Spotlight Hamile was a radio announcer and disc jockey for radio station KIKI, Honolulu as well as a bandleader in the French Quarter in Hawaii —— the first musician to bring jazz sessions to Hawaii. In the same year he began karate, Hamile married Manon Sumiko Smith, an entertainer who specialized in Japanese songs. The following year she was awarded the first—“Mrs. Hawaii” title. After moving to Southern California, Hamile taught karate in little Tokyo, while bartending in Chinatown. One of his karate students, ex-professional boxer Alberto Ayala sought a building where Hamile could have his own school. Ayala found a vacant bakery at 9506 Las Tunas Dr. and in October, 1968 a karate dojo opened there under the newly-formed West Coast Shotokan Karate Association. Shanick recalls the days the building was a bakery. He claims to have taken his younger brothers and sisters on soda pop bottle collecting excursions to exchange bottles for small cash to buy some of its delicious donuts. As a “French, Filipino, Portuguese, Chinese,” Hamile was one of the Asian pioneers of the modern Temple City business community. He was a Temple City resident and served extensively as a board member at the Temple City Chamber of Commerce. In his later years, Edwin maintained a mobile home residence in the desert community of Boron, California, where son Steven Hamile would occasionally land his helicopter on the front lawn to say a quick hello. Like his dad, pilot Steven distinguished himself in karate by becoming one of the youngest brown belts in America back in the 1960s. His students enthusiastically carry on Hamile’s legacy. This new generation of leaders is strongly committed to “Ohana,” the Hawaiian idea that all involved in the dojo ——students, parents, other family and friends ——are part of an “extended family.” WCSKA’s website is karate1.ws. The 40th anniversary banquet Web site is on duarteelks.org. The school may be reached by phone at 626-285-8887. Toby Palmquist, now a resident of the state of Georgia, will be returning for the festive occasion where he will be one of the distinguished guests, having been the group’s first instructor to be designated “Sensei,” a title reserved for those achieving third degree black belt and higher who have proven their skills as a teacher. He is now a 4th degree black belt. Richard Huddleston, the school’s first student to achieve black belt, is expected to be on hand Joining these early students at the dojo located at 9506 Las Tunas Dr. will be a contingent of prominent international The late Edwin Hamile (far right), founder of West Coast Shotokan Karate Association, is visited by Kung-Fu expert and film star Eric Lee (far left) and “father” of American Karate, Ed Parker (center). Parker also known as Elvis Presley’s personal instructor was a frequent visitor to the Temple City Dojo. Hamile and Parker were lifelong friends from Hawaii prior to their passing in the 1990s. Photo by Jerry Jambazian West Coast Shotokan Karate Association owner and manager Ed Shanick, a 4th degree black belt with students Emily Arellano, 12, of Arcadia and Joe Vazquez, 14, of Temple City. instructors as well as many of the hundreds of black belts promoted through the years. Grandmaster “Lucky” Luciano of the Kajukempo Self-Defense System is one of these instructors who will conduct a seminar during the anniversary week. He travels from San Diego and was a lifelong friend of Shihan (Master) Edwin Hamile, who founded WCSKA. Both were natives of Hawaii. Hamile passed away in June 1999 at the age of 75, a 9th degree black belt. In from Hawaii, Shihan George Sasano will be offering 2 seminars. He was Hamile’s senior in the highly acclaimed Karate Association of Hawaii. During Hamile’s reign as President of KAH, Sasano’s sparring competition team became the first non-Japanese to beat Tokyo’s team in World Championships. A possible guest is international chief instructor of West Coast Shotokan Karate Association, Shihan Shalom Avitan, of Haifa, Israel. Avitan is the leading martial arts figure in that country, where he maintains approximately 50 schools with more than 4,000 students. WCSKA international has spread from Temple City to about 40 countries. Holland’s visiting group will probably be the largest and is led by Chief Instructor Sensei Andre Kila, a 5th degree black belt. Two of his students will be taking a special black belt examination during the day on Oct. 18. Belgium’s Chief Instructor, Sensei Ludo Bellemans, an eighth degree black belt, has been a visitor to prior anniversary events, and is a likely guest. Mexico Sensei Jose Linares of Ensenada (6th degree black belt) is expected to be in attendance. Locally, Camarillo Chief Instructor, Sensei Victor Young (8th degree black belt) who was a member of Karate Association of Hawaii and close friend of Hamile, will add to the list of notables. Sensei Mike Whiteside (5th degree black belt) of Ontario will be present. Along with Palmquist and Huddleston he was one of the pioneers of the dojo and was in class the first week it opened. “RELY ON RITA” • For Integrity, Experience & Quality service with the best Results! • She’s your neighborhood specialist! • Call Rita for a Free Market Evaluation of your property! Member of: Arcadia Assn. of Realtors California and National Assn. of Realtors 242 W. Foothill Blvd. • Monrovia, CA 91016 (626) 408-1430 Rita Padilla, SRES Realtor® Associate
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