Kings-sized surprise
August 30, 2010 by admin
Filed under Larry Stewart
Bobby Williams, a former Arcadia police officer now with the El Monte department, got a nice surprise at his recent 46th birthday surprise party at his Arcadia home.
Williams is a huge Los Angeles Kings fan, and showing up at the party was the hockey team’s legendary play-by-play announcer, Bob Miller.
Asked if Miller’s presence was the best part and biggest surprise about the party, Williams said, “It ties for first with my mother showing up.”
Williams’ mother, Linda Morgan, who lives in Clay Center, Kan., flew in for the event, which was put on by Williams’ wife Renee and drew some 100 people.
– By Larry Stewart







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WELL, HERE WE GO AGAIN! IN CASE YOU HAVENT NOTICED, IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS & MONTHS. WE HAVE BEEN BOMBARDED WITH MEDIA REPORTS OF MTN.LIONS,BOBCATS,BEARS,AND THE LATEST BEING COYOTES COMING INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS FORAGING FOR FOOD. MY SYMPATHIES & CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THAT HAVE LOST A FAMILY MEMBER OR PET DUE TO A MTN.LION,BEAR ,OR COYOTE ATTACK. I CANT BEGIN TO IMAGINE HOW HEART WRENCHING IT MUST BE AND TRULY FEEL FOR YOU. HOWEVER, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT RESIDE IN AND AROUND THE HILLSIDE,CANYON,& MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES,OR EVEN THE SUBURBS,DID YOU EVER STOP TO CONSIDER THAT THERE MIGHT BE RISKS OR DISADVANTAGES TO LIVE WHERE YOU LIVE?? THAT THERE WOULD POSSIBLY BE A PRICE TO PAY FOR HAVING THAT PEACE,TRANQUILITY,SERENITY,AND THE VIEW WHICH YOU SO DESIRED? THAT WHERE YOU CHOSE TO PLANT YOURE FAMILY ROOTS. LET ME MAKE IT PERFECTLY CLEAR! WHERE YOU CHOSE TO LIVE (NOT THE WILDLIFE). THE SO CALLED WILD ANIMALS THAT WE KEEP REFERRING TO DIDNT HAVE A CHOICE,THE CHOICE HAS BEEN MADE FOR THEM, EITHER BY INSTINCT,FOOD SUPPLY,OR BY THE WORST ANIMAL ON THE FACE OF THIS EARTH CALLED MAN. WE HAVE ENCROACHED ON OUR WILDLIFE SO MUCH, WHEATHER IT BE IN THE MTNS,DESERTS,OR VALLEYS,TO THE POINT OF NO RETURN. ITS BAD ENOUGH THAT THESE ANIMALS HAVE TO COMPETE WITH ONE ANOTHER FOR FOOD, LET ALONE WHATEVER OBSTACLES MOTHER NATURE THROWS AT THEM, SUCH AS:DROUGHT,FIRES,FLOODS,DISEASE,STARVATION,AND NOT TO FORGET THE POACHERS,SPORT HUNTERS,AND OF COURSE THE HIRED TRAPPERS(HIRED KILLERS) OF OUR WILDLIFE. THESE PEOPLE WOULD LOVE NOTHING MORE THAN TO HAVE THAT PRIZED POSSESSION OF A BEAR,MTN LION,BOBCAT,OR COYOTE HEAD OR RUG HANGING OVER THEIR FIREPLACE MANTLE. NOT TO FORGET THE ARCADIA TAX PAYERS ARE FOOTING THE $ 30,000 FEES FOR THE HIRED TRAPPERS,COME ON. I COULD THINK OF ALOT BETTER USES FOR $30,000.00 OF YOUR MONEY. AND YET IF THATS NOT ENOUGH,NOW THE ANIMALS ARE BEING SHOT AND KILLED BY FISH AND GAME WARDENS,POLICE OFFICERS,ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS, AND YES THE HIRED TRAPPERS(KILLERS). YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER THAT IT WASNT TO LONG AGO THAT GREAT HERDS OF BUFFALO WERE SLAUGHTERED,AND THE WOLF WAS DECIMATED TO THE POINT OF EXTINCTION,AND HERE IN OUR OWN LOCAL MOUNTAINS FOR EXAMPLE BIG BEAR, WE HAD GRIZZLY BEARS!! HOW DO U THINK IT GOT ITS NAME? WHERE ARE THEY NOW?? WE HAVENT LEARNED FROM OUR PAST MISTAKES, WHAT A SHAME! REMEMBER, WHEN THESE ANIMALS ARE GONE, THEYRE GONE FOREVER! THE MEDIA DRAMATIZES MAN AS THE VICTIM, BUT WE ALL KNOW THE TRUTH! IN REALITY, ITS THE WILDLIFE THATS GOING TO LOSE THIS BATTLE. (UNLESS WE DO SOMETHING AND FAST) AFTER ALL,THEY DONT STAND A RATS CHANCE IN HELL AGAINST MANS POISONS,GUNS, AND CONTINUOUS ENCROACHMENT INTO THEYRE TERRITORY,DESTROYING THEIR FOOD SUPPLY,THEIR HOMES,(WHERE HAVE LIVED FOR MILLENNIA).SO TELL ME,WHAT WOULD U DO? IF SOMEONE MOVED IN ON YOU,AND TOOK YOURE FOOD SUPPLY,YOURE HOME AWAY,AND KILLED YOURE FAMILY? IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING, ISNT THAT WHAT WE ARE DOING TO OUR WILDLIFE? WOULD U STAND IDLY BY AND STARVE TO DEATH OR WATCH YOUR FAMILY STARVE OR HARMED? OR WOULD YOU MOVE ELSEWHERE, AWAY FROM THE THREAT OR DANGERS THAT EXIST? WOULDNT YOU MOVE TO WHERE FOOD & WATER WAS MORE PLENTIFUL? WOULDNT YOU MOVE YOURE FAMILY OUT OF HARMS WAY? COMMEN SENSE,EVEN AN ANIMAL SENSES DANGER. BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY THAT THE ANIMALS ARE MORE AFRAID OF US THAN WE ARE OF THEM. I HAVE CAMPED,BACKPACKED,& HIKED FOR MANY YEARS ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT WE NEED TO RESPECT NATURE,BUT TO OFTEN ENOUGH WE ABUSE IT!WE HAVE PUSHED OUR WILDLIFE TO THE BRINK. THEY DONT HAVE A CHOICE! THEY KILL TO SURVIVE,WHILE MAN KILLS FOR THE FUN OF IT. WAKE UP FOLKS! IT WONT BE TO MUCH LONGER UNTIL THE ONLY PLACE THAT WE CAN SHOW OUR KIDS & GRANDKIDS ANY WILD ANIMALS WILL BE IN A STORYBOOK OR ZOO. ASK YOURSELVES, DO YOU REALLY WANT TO SEE THIS HAPPEN? (( WHAT NERVE,,WHAT GAUL, DOES FISH & GAME,BLM,AND THESE OTHER AGANCIES HAVE TO KILL OUR WILDLIFE. YOU AND I PAY TAXES, AND THESE ANIMALS ARE CONSIDERED PROPERTY OF THE STATE , WHICH IN ESSENCE MEANS TECHNICALLY THAT THESE ANIMALS BELONG TO US.( THE TAXPAYERS) THESE AGENCIES TAKE IT UPON THEMSELVES AT THE REQUEST OF A FEW TO GO AHEAD AND KILL OR EUTHANIZE THESE ANIMALS WITHOUT ASKING PERMISSION FROM THE MAJORITY OF US THAT MIGHT JUST WISH TO SEE THESE ANIMALS ALIVE/AND OR TRANSPLANTED ELSEWHERE OUT OF HARMS WAY. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE THE GUTS TO SPEAK UP AND TELL YOUR POLITICIANS TO STOP WASTING OUR HARD EARNED TAX PAYER DOOLARS? BY THE WAY- LIKE THE CITY OF BELL, WE SHOULD BE CONCERNED AS TO HOW MUCH THESE ARCADIA POLITICIANS ARE EARNING, WHO BENEFITTING FROM HIRING THESE TRAPPERS? WHOS GETTING A KICK BACK? HOW MUCH ARE YOU REALLY MAKING? THATS WHAT I WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT???? HOW ABOUT YOU? ARCADIA IS NOT THE ONLY CITY THATS GUILTY OF THIS ATROCITY OR MASSACRE OF OUR WILDLIFE. I RECALL IT WASNT TO LONG AGO THAT CHINO-HILLS POISONED THE SQUIRRELLS AT THE GOLF COURSES, LEISURE WORLD KILLED THEIR RABBITS, AZUSA POLICE KILLED A BEAR THAT CAME OUT OF AZUSA CANYON.JUST TO NAME A FEW. GO AHEAD, KILL ALL THE ANIMALS. AND AFTER YOURE THREW KILLING ALL THE WILDLIFE, WHAT OR WHO ARE YOU GOING TO KILL NEXT,MAN???????? HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOU WERE THE HUNTED RATHER THAN THE HUNTER???? MY YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT,WORKING THE STREETS,HAVING FBI CLEARANCE,AS WELL AS OTHER JOBS AND POSITIONS IN MY LIFE MAY NOT QUALIFY ME AS AN EXPERT ON THIS MATTER. BUT YOU DONT HAVE TO BE AN EXPERT TO KNOW THAT THESE ANIMALS HAVE MORE RIGHT TO BE HERE THAN WE DO. GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO LIVE OUT THERE LIVES. INSTEAD OF SHOOTING THEM WITH A GUN , LETS SHOOT THEM WITH A CAMERA. LETS SHOOT THEM WITH A TRANQUILIZER GUN AND TRANSPLANT THEM ELSEWHERE ,WHERE THEY WONT BE A THREAT TO MAN. THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS, LETS TAKE THE TIME TO EXPLORE EVERY OPTION BEFORE WE RESORT TO KILLING THEM. ISNT IT FUNNY THAT THE CLIFORNIA BROWN BEAR IS ON OUR FLAG AS OUR STATE SYMBOL AND YET MORE OFTEN THAN NOT EVERY TIME A BEAR COMES OUT OF THE MTNS, WE KILL IT. WHAT KIND OF EXAMPLE ARE SETTING TO THE OTHER 49 STATES, AND MOST OF ALL TO OUR KIDS. SHAME, SHAME ,SHAME ON THER CITY OF ARCADIA AND ITS NEIGHBORS AND MOST OF ALL TO YOU THE CITIZENS FOR LETTING THEM DO THIS, HOW CAN U LOOK AT YOURSELVES IN THE MIRROR EVERY DAY, YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES.
be advised that the comment about saving the coyotes and wildlife was entered under the incorrect category by error. apologies to all.this blog was not intended or aimed at the former arcadia police officer bobby williams or in any way related to the blog about ( king -sized-surprise ) with all due respect to both larry stewart and bobby williams. and of course we wish the very best to the los-angeles kings and the anaheim mighty ducks.once again,this comment was accidentally placed in this category by the push of a wrong button.