You Could Win Big at La Mirada Derby Duck Fundraiser
Annual Event Saturday Begins Immediately After City Easter Egg Hunt at Splash!
La Mirada~A $2500 cash prize awaits the grand prize winner at the 6th Annual "Going Quackers for Kids" Derby Duck Race Saturday, March 30th at Splash! Regional Aquatics Center beginning at 11 a.m.
Other cash prizes include: $1000 for 1st; $200 for second and third and $100 for all ducks that place fourth through eighth. Dozens of other prizes will also be given away.
The event will follow the City of La Mirada's Easter Egg Hunt festivities which are scheduled to start at 8 a.m. at Regional Park.
Duck entrants will make there way around the Splash! lazy river with winners being plucked out of the water by volunteers from the Kiwanis Club of La Mirada, who are sponsoring the event.
The club will also be serving their famous pancake breakfast beginning at 8 a.m. before the Egg Hunt at Regional.
Ducks are $5 each or you can purchase a "Quack Pack" of six ducks for $25 and get a duck free (5 + 1).
Adopt your duck today! Time is running out! Duck adoptions are available online HERE.
Business sponsorships are still available for the event. All sponsors will have at have at least one duck in special sponsor race which is determined by sponsorship level.
For more information call (714) 670-0186.
La Mirada Bids Goodbye to Legends at Oxman Memorial and Piltz Funeral
La Mirada~Two well-known La Mirada community members have passed recently and the community will say goodbye today.
Jerome "Mr." Oxman passed away at 97 on February 22nd at his home after a battle with prostate cancer and a recent stroke.
Oxman founded Oxman's Surplus retail store in 1961 at the corner of Rosecrans and Valley View Avenues after his mail-order business shipping surplus items, took off.
There will be a memorial, ceremony and a celebration of Mr. O's life today beginning at 2 p.m. at Oxman's Surplus, 14128 Rosecrans Avenue. Light refreshments will be served.
Lou Piltz, former councilman and three-time Mayor passed away this past Wednesday.
He helped former councilman Wil Simendinger on his campaign in the late seventies and it peaked his political interest. He was appointed to city council in 1978 when the late Wayne Grisham ran for Congress and created a vacant seat. Piltz then served three additional four-year terms.
He was the grand opening manager for the new Hiram’s supermarket in La Mirada in 1956 and managed it for many years when it eventually became Lucky Stores.
Also, in 1966, he and his wife owned and operated the Orange Julius in the same center for six years. The community hub provided many jobs for La Mirada High School students at the time.
However, many remember Piltz for his activity after retirement. He was active in many community organizations including the Kiwanis Club of La Mirada and the La Mirada chapter of Meals-on-Wheels, among many others.
Piltz was not just a member of these many groups, but an active one, serving as chairman and organizer of countless committee’s and events.
Piltz’s funeral begins today at 2 p.m. at Hillside Memorial Park & Mortuary, 6001 W. Centinela Avenue in Los Angeles.
Annual Free La Mirada Symphony POPS Concert Slated for April 6th
La Mirada~The La Mirada Symphony continues its Golden Anniversary season with the POPS “Celebration of the Song” concert April 6, 2013, 3 pm at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts.
Music Director Robert Frelly of Chapman University will conduct Broadway favorites, including South Pacific, Oklahoma, and West Side Story. Admission and parking is free. A $5 donation is suggested.
An evening performance at 8 pm will be expanded as a Gala Fundraiser Concert featuring Broadway star, Susan Egan. Tickets are being sold for the evening Gala through the La Mirada Theatre Box Office. The La Mirada Theatre is located at 14900 La Mirada Blvd., La Mirada. For more information visit LaMiradaSymphony.com or call 714-420-0262.
Get Up Close & Personal With New Onstage Series at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
LIMITED ENGAGEMENT OF “SPRING AWAKENING” TO BEGIN MARCH 21, 2013 AT LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS!
La Mirada~La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts is thrilled to present the Tony Award-winning musical sensation, Spring Awakening, book and lyrics by Steven Sater, music by Duncan Sheik, based on the play by Frank Wedekind, musical direction by John Glaudini, choreography by Dana Solimando and directed by Brian Kite.
It’s Germany, 1891. The beautiful young Wendla explores her body and asks her mother where babies come from. Elsewhere, the brilliant and fearless young Melchior defends his buddy Moritz -- a boy so traumatized by puberty he can’t concentrate on anything. One afternoon in the woods, Wendla and Melchior discover a desire unlike anything they’ve ever felt.
Spring Awakening explores the confusion and desperation that ensue when the onrushing tide of hormones meets the ignorance of children and celebrates the unforgettable journey from youth to adulthood with a power, poignancy, and passion that you will never forget.
World War II Veteran; Beloved La Mirada Community Figure Dies at 97
OBITUARY
Founder of Oxman’s Surplus Created One of the Largest Military Surplus Stores in the Nation
La Mirada~Jerome Oxman, World War II Veteran and founder of Oxman’s Surplus passed away February 22 at his home in Buena Park after a battle with prostate cancer and a recent stoke. He was 97.
Mr. Oxman was laid to rest February 26th at Pacific View Memorial Park in Corona del Mar during a private ceremony.
During WWII he served in the United States Army-in Iran-as part of the Persian Gulf Command.
After the war, he wed Miriam Averbook of Superior, Wisconsin on June 14, 1947 and they were married over 65 years.
That year they visited California on their honeymoon and never returned, with Jerome first getting a job at Palley’s Surplus in Vernon, California.
Mr.”O,” as he is commonly known by family and friends, founded Oxman’s in 1961 after he convinced the former owner of the “Big A” property to let him use the old auto service garages on the property, located at Rosecrans and Valley View Avenues, to operate a mail-order business that would ship military “surplus.”
He bid strategically at government surplus auctions and the military and aircraft that he sold and shipped got so much attention that Mr. “O” had to open the doors to the public, and Oxman’s Surplus was born.
Today, Oxman’s, now encompasses the garages and the adjacent 7,500 square foot building and has long been considered one of the most extensive surplus stores in the nation.
In 2010, after 49 years, Oxman’s changed their main entrance from the back of the store to the front, and also opened up a 2,000 square foot museum displaying hundreds of pieces of military memorabilia from Mr. “O’s” collection. The museum is free of charge and also includes a brand new Mess Tent Café, where patrons can
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| Jerome and Miriam Oxman appeared at the 3rd Annual La Mirada Blog Fest this past August |
snack and watch some military TV.
Oxman was very active in the La Mirada community over the years. He is past president of the La Mirada Chamber of Commerce, board member of the La Mirada Meals-on-Wheels, and a La Mirada Little League sponsor for over fifty years.
There will be a Memorial Service and a celebration of Mr. “O’s” life on Sunday March 24th, 2013 at the store located at 14128 Rosecrans Avenue, beginning at 2:00 p.m. Please RSVP by March 22nd if you would like to attend this public event.
Oxman is survived by his wife, Miriam, sons Brian, Murray, and Jason; and sister Renee Oxman and four grandchildren.
Final Unofficial La Mirada City Council Results
FINAL UNOFFICIAL RESULTS FROM CITY HALL FOR 2013 CITY COUNCIL RACE:
Pauline Deal 1,903
Andrew Sarega 1,451
Steve Keithly 1,440
Gabe Garcia 980
Randy Gary 795
BREAKING: Ballot Counting Process at City Hall Ongoing
NEW UPDATED NUMBERS:
Deal 1,710, Keithly 1,316, Saregs 1,304, Garcia, 867, Gray, 735
Remaining ballots not yet counted, absentees dropped at polling places and provisionals, now being counted.
BREAKING: Ballot Counting Process at City Hall Ongoing
La Mirada~A recount of the ballots for La Mirada City Council has been taking place since 2 p.m. at La Mirada City Hall.
All vote-by-mail ballots have been counted with Pauline Deal gaining 16, Steve Keithly 15, Andrew Sarega 13, Randy Gray 11, and Gabe Garcia 8.
The current count stands at Deal 1,444, Keithly 1,125, Sarega, 1,078, Garcia, 767, and Gray 659.
Counting of additional 391 ballots not yet counted, including 63 provisional now taking place.
We will try to provide you with updates as we get them.
All Ballots to be Recounted in La Mirada City Council Race
La Mirada~In a race too close to call, all ballots will be recounted in the La Mirada City Council race along with 326 additional ballots not yet counted.
There are five candidates running for two open seats.
When vote counting ended last night late, Pauline Deal led all candidates with 1,693 votes. For second place however, Steve Keithly leads Andrew Sarega by only nine votes, 1,300 to 1,291. There are still 326 provisional ballots to be counted today, so the race for second had to wait.
However, it was announced this morning, ALL ballots will be recounted today, before the provisional, due to mechanical issues experienced last night.
The recount will take place today at 2 p.m. at City Hall.
The ballot-counting was plagued with problems last night, forcing the city to use a back-up machine, delaying the process.
Deputy City Manager Anne Haraksin told us this morning that the firm they use, Martin & Chapman advised them to recount, “They told us that due to the race being so close it would be a good idea to run all ballots through a machine again.”
She said ballot operators provided by the company experienced problems throughout the evening.
Martin & Chapman is an election and consultation service company based in Anaheim. According to their website, they “are the primary election consultant and supplier for the 65+ cities who conduct their own elections in Los Angeles County.”
Today, the firm will bring two different machines to count the ballots.
Haraksin reiterated, “No candidates contacted us to demand a recount, we are strictly going by the advice given to us by Martin & Chapman.”
After a second machine was brought in last night, and some issues still persisted, Haraksin said, “We think it might be some sort of power problem.” She said that issue will be resolved today as well before the recount.
In a different twist, the provisional ballots have not been counted at all yet, and will probably decide the race for second.
Those uncounted vote-by-mail (VBM) ballots will be tallied around 4 p.m. today, shortly after the recount.
173 of those are ballots received at city hall Monday after the city inspected the initial VBM ballots and sealed the box at a decided time, a normal process, said Haraksin. After the boxes were sealed, the city received additional ballots by residents at City Hall, as well as additional VBM ballots picked up from the P.O. Box at the Post Office, again, a normal process.
The remaining 153 VBM ballots are from residents who applied to vote-by-mail, who then decided to drop off their ballots at different polling locations throughout town.
Haraksin said the 173 additional VBM ballots received after the box-sealing is the most ever for the city, probably attributed to the fact that more La Mirada residents chose to vote by mail this time around.
She said 2,000 more people voted this way than the last election two years ago.
As of know, Mayor Gabe Garcia has captured 855 votes with Randy Gray grabbing 725.
UPDATE: Ballots not yet counted is now up to 391 with the addition of 63 additional true provisional ballots. City offiicials have been unable to get a machine to work properly at City Hall. The latest is all ballots from last night are to be counted by hand, and then the 391 additional VBM and provisional ballots will be counted immediately following.
La Mirada Community, Candidates Forced to Wait on Second Winner for City Council
La Mirada~Wow, talk about suspense.
Two candidates will have to wait until tomorrow to see who captures the final seat for the La Mirada City Council.
There are 323 provisional ballots that still need to be counted. The will be counted tomorrow at City Hall around 3 p.m.
153 of them are vote-by-mail ballots that were dropped off at precincts instead of being mailed-they are still valid. The remaining are also still valid but were not originally counted because of technicalities, but again, are still legitimate.
Pauline Deal has easily captured first place with 1,693 votes so far.
The second and final spot is too close to call and is up for grabs with Steve Keithly receiving 1,300 votes to Andrew Sarega’s 1,291. Keithly, trailing Sarega most of the night, by less than 100 votes surged in the last few precincts announced to overcome Sarega.
A broken ballot-counting machine delayed the vote.
More coming.
| La Mirada City Council Race 2013-Unofficial Results | votes |
% |
| Pauline Deal (Appt Inc) |
1693 |
29 |
| Steve Keithly | 1300 |
22 |
| Andrew Sarega |
1291 |
22 |
| Gabe Garcia (Inc) |
855 |
15 |
| Randy Gray | 725 |
12 |
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