Monday, 06 September 2010

G
arima Agrawal while working on her Girl Scout Gold Award, entitled her project “Seeing is Believing”. She began the project in May 2007 and completed it in December 2007.
    The 16-year-old collected 200 used eyeglasses for recycling to the less fortunate around the world.  She arranged for an expo at the Glendora Public Library where she coordinated the entire day’s events. She had booths of information from the Blind Children’s Center, Foothill Center for the Partially Sighted, Village Books, Glendora Vision Center and Covina Eye Center to name a few. She also had Mayor Ken Herman speak in support of her project.
    She reached out to elementary schools to show children the importance of eye care by inviting them to this event.
    Garima volunteers at the EYE-DAS club for the visually impaired, which is where she became aware of the needs of the visually impaired and learned about their lifestyles.
     Be sure to read more about Garima and her project inthe upcoming March-April issue of the Glendoran Magazine!
 
Nov 02 2009
Antique Street Lights PDF Print E-mail
Written by Joe Fracasse   
Monday, 02 November 2009


T
he antique streetlights that are along Glendora Avenue north of Foothill Boulevard, and include the Historic District, were established in 1911.  An additional second system was installed in 1914.

Several years ago, the 103 light poles were found to be not safe and turned off.  An investigation into their repair found it to be quite an expense.  The City Council gave the homeowners in the district a chance to vote for an assessment to refurbish them.

It was voted down. A second vote of the homeowners was called for when the City Council agreed to spend up to $1 million dollars for refurbishing the fixtures if homeowners agreed to pay to maintain them and for the use of the energy.  It too was voted down.

According to Dave Davies, Public Works Director, there are no plans to remove the historic poles at this time.
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