Mountain Views News          Saturday, December 20, 2014

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Mountain Views-News Saturday, December 20, 2014 

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2014

SECTION B

 

AROUND SAN GABRIEL VALLEY

TOURNAMENT OF ROSES FOUNDATION RECEIVES 10K

COUNTY CALLS ON CITIES, 
AGENCIES, COLLEGES & 
BUSINESSES TO EXPAND 
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES 
FOR FOSTER YOUTH LOS 
ANGELES COUNTY

 

To provide young people in 
foster care with the opportunity 
to continue their education and 
find meaningful employment, 
the Board of Supervisors 
unanimously approved 
a motion by Supervisors 
Michael D. Antonovich and 
Sheila Kuehl to engage each of 
the County�s 88 cities, public 
agencies, and the business 
community to adopt programs 
similar to those the County 
has successfully developed. 
In approving the motion, 
Supervisor Hilda Solis included 
employment opportunities at 
local community colleges and 
universities.

 �The Board of Supervisors initiated the County�s Career 
Development Internship program to provide transitional-aged 
foster youth with structured on-the-job training and employment 
within County departments,� said Antonovich. �Our next step 
is to reach out to each of our cities, public agencies, local colleges 
and the business community to encourage them to develop similar 
programs. These opportunities are vital in our effort to help 
young people gain the skills needed to transition to successful and 
productive lives.� 

 Among the agencies the County will engage in the outreach effort 
are the Metropolitan Transit Authority, the Southern California 
Air Quality Management District, the Ports of Los Angeles and 
Long Beach, Metrolink, Southern California Association of 
Governments, local community colleges and universities, as well as 
business groups and private companies. 


Michael D. Antonovich

Photo courtesy of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses�

(from left to right): Rick Jackson, Norma Garcia Kachigian, Jerri Price-Gaines, Tournament of Roses President Rich Chinen, 
Nancy Neal Davis and Chuck Carroll.

The Pasadena Tournament of Roses Foundation 
was presented with a check for $10K by Citizens 
Business Bank yesterday, December 17, 2014 at 
Tournament House. 

 The funds were the result of the bank�s 3rd 
Annual Charity Golf Classic held on October 17, 
2014 at Oakmont Country Club where $40K was 
raised to benefit four non-profit organizations 
serving the San Gabriel Valley: the Pasadena 
Tournament of Roses Foundation, Girl Scouts 
of Greater Los Angeles, Glendale Community 
College and YMCA of the Foothills. The check 
was presented by Chuck Carroll, Vice President 
Manager of Citizens Business Bank to Foundation 
board members and Tournament of Roses 
President Rich Chinen. 


�What�s Going On?� 

News and Views from Joan Schmidt

COFFEE AND CONVERSATION WITH 
AUTHOR, MARISELA ADAMS


Duarte 
may have 
�Coffee and 
Conversation 
with the 
Mayor�, but 
last week I 
had �Coffee 
and Conversation� with local author Marisela 
Adams, whose recent Breaking Faith trilogy has 
been well received. But she has worn �other hats�.

 Marisela was born in Palau, Mexico. At age 
two, her family moved to Texas, so she considers 
herself a very patriotic American citizen-this is 
where she grew up. However she is very proud of 
her Hispanic background and loves the culture.

 While she was in college, she met James 
Roland Adams, her husband, a financial planner. 
He was the student manager for college students 
and it was �Hate at first sight�. But he asked her 
out anyway and all these years, they have had a 
great romance; they have two grown children 
and four very bright grandsons. Her husband 
Jim, a pilot and photographer encouraged 
Marisela to pursue her love of writing.

 When Marisela was about twenty, her family 
moved to California for higher education 
opportunities. Marisela loved to write and 
has done so since childhood. But there�s no 
guarantee of success. She pursued teaching- 
earned a degree/credential, taught Spanish and 
English Literature at Sierra Vista HS, Baldwin 
Park and had no discipline problems. Although 
successful in the classroom, she felt a need to 
help students. After earning a credential and 
Master�s in Counseling, she began her second 
career.

 Marisela enjoyed working as a counselor, 
but with encouragement from her husband, she 
realized it was time to stop and pursue writing. 
Throughout the years she had been writing 
novels, but had to �clean them up� for publishing. 
She has written in all genres-romance, science 
fiction and murder mysteries. The Breaking 
Faith series takes place in Louisiana. Her 
husband flew her down to Lafayette, they drove 
down the Bayou, and met a cop, who took them 
to a �perfect place� for a murder! (Its picture is 
the front cover of her book. The Faith Betrayed 
Trilogy begins with Faith Betrayed. The second 
book is Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust. The third 
book is Death�s Mask. 

 Marisela has also written non-fiction such 
as a counselor manual for parents and teachers. 
She mentioned a wonderful English teacher who 
inspired her at eight years old, and a teacher Miss 
Pincheau also encouraged her.

 When I mentioned my teaching career and 
the thrill of seeing former students grown up and 
doing well, Marisela asked me to tell her former 
students she would love to hear from them. They 
may contact her through www.roamncecalling.
com Also it�s a great way to learn a lot more 
about a great lady and purchase a good book to 
enjoy in front of a cozy fireplace!