By Katherine Chen & Mars Wang
Staff Writers
“We’ve been here for 39 years, so we want to keep everything the same,” Khun said. “This includes all the customers’ memories and even the ingredients.”
Rose Donuts Goodbye
Rose Donuts and Sandwiches announced their change of ownership on Oct. 14th via Facebook.
The mom-and-pop business has been in operation since 1985 under owners Charles and Susan Yip.
“One reason is that my wife has health issues,” former owner Charles Yip said. “The other issue is that we’ve been here so many years already and we are all getting to this age. It’s about time to back off a little bit.”
However, as mentioned in the Facebook post, Charles is not completely stepping away from the business.
“I will continue to work here part time to interact with the friends and the customers and the community,” Charles said. “We really appreciate the community that gave us the privilege to be here for 39 years. We have a lot of support from the communities and even the surrounding communities like San Marino and Monrovia.”
Though the ownership has changed, new owner Amy Khun, who is a part of Susan Yip’s extended family, assures that the store’s service and quality will remain the same.
STEM & Art Grants
The high school received a grant from the Chuck Lorre Foundation as part of the Young Sheldon School Initiative’s goal to improve students’ education in STEM and Art.
“The grant is funding some specific material items that have been on departments wish lists of wants but not needs,” Assistant Principal Scott Sherman said. “With the purchases, we are hoping that our teachers are able to provide an even greater experience in the classroom for the students at TCHS.”
The foundation approved the grant on Oct. 15. Sherman is in discussion with the foundation but there is yet to be a date for the grants to be fully processed. Although the funding from the grant has not come through, the science, math and music departments are expecting around $5,000 from the STEM grant and $2,500 from the music grant.
The school is eligible for the grant because English teachers Lynn Alvarez, Vanessa Hadikusumah and Wendy Van Thiel and Visual Performing Arts teacher Mihee Kim work with the Museum of Contemporary Art, which is in partnership with the Chuck Lorre Foundation.