Today was the ceremony to recognize the Temple City Older American of the year. I was invited to the ceremony because of a small involvement in the process, I had nominated Joey Carey for the honor. You might remember her from my piece on exercise, she taught me the use of walking sticks. She has also been teaching square-foot-gardening and computers and photography at the senior center here in TC and in Arcadia. For a lady in her seventies, she sure doesn't let any grass grow.
She was given recognition by four levels of government today; The City of Temple City by Mayor Judy Wong, The County of Los Angeles in Supervisor Mike Antonovich, State Senator Carol Liu and Representative Anthony Portantino.
It was really quite nice, Joey gave a little pitch for home gardening and there was a delicious cake. She'll be riding in the Camellia Parade in February. I don't know if there are any other duties.