Kohl’s Department Stores rewarded nearly 200 young volunteers nationwide with $1,000 scholarships and Dominic Hernandez, 12, of El Monte took home one of the top prizes.
   Dominic, along with classmates from Nativity School raised $23,000 to build a playground for an inner-city school. 
  “Today’s winners truly are role models in their local communities,” said Julie Gardner, Kohl’s executive vice president and chief marketing officer. “By recognizing their efforts and sharing their stories through the Kohl’s Kids Who Care Scholarship Program, we hope to inspire other children and adults to volunteer and make a difference.”
   As a fifth grader, Dominic was went to an inner-city school for an activity and he was very bothered by the fact that the students did not...

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El Monte — For the third year in a row,  El Monte’s annual Family Health Fair attracted hundreds of its residents who were actively seeking to improved their overall health.
   This large and free fair was co-sponsored by various local health fair providers, included Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park,  Alta Med Health Care, Greater El Monte Community Hospital, Medic-One Ambu-lance, and El Monte Senior Presidents' Council, to bring health awareness and health screening to local residents.
  From 10 a.m. through 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 21, more than 500 people attend in the event held at the city’s Community Center’s Grace Black Auditorium. Residents and community members got to stroll through a vast array of health related services available in the locale.  More than 70 medical...

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  Ramirez also shares the night with New York Giants pitcher Carl Hubbell as he struck out Ruth, Lou Gerhig, and Jimmie Foxx in the 1934 All-Star game. On the same July 10 day two years later Philadelphia Phillies...

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