BELLFLOWER
BEGAN as a DUTCH-AMERICAN SETTLEMENT,
w/
LOTS OF DAIRY FARMS OWNED BY
IMMIGRANTS from
the NETHERLANDS but you won't find any farms or windmills or large tulip patches here today


Friday, June 5, 2015

BELLFLOWER NATIVE:"Chris Carter (screenwriter)" - Wiki

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Carter_(screenwriter)

LIVED IN BELLFLOWER (from Netherlands): "Anneliese van der Pol" (actress) - Wiki

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anneliese_van_der_Pol

BELLFLOWER NATIVE: "Jeff Kent" (MLB)- Wiki

BELLFLOWER NATIVE: 
"Jeff Kent" (MLB)- Wiki

BELLFLOWER NATIVE:"Wendi McLendon-Covey" (actress)- Wiki

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendi_McLendon-Covey

BELLFLOWER NATIVE: "Trevor Hoffman" (MLB,Padres) - Wikipedia

BELLFLOWER NATIVE: 
"Trevor Hoffman" (MLB,Padres) - Wikipedia

BELLFLOWER NATIVE: "Anthony Gose" (MLB) - Wikipedia

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Gose

ATTENDED a BELLFLOWER SCHOOL: "Nomar Garciaparra "-(MLB,DODGERS) Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomar_Garciaparra

ARTESIA/LAKEWOOD NATIVE: '"James Harden" (NBA)- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Harden

BELLFLOWER NATIVE:"Adam Liberatore" (MLB,Dodgers) - Wikipedia

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Liberatore

BELLFLOWER NATIVE: "Carlos Quentin" (MLB) - Wikipedia

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Quentin

BELLFLOWER NATIVE: "Valentino Pascucci" (MLB) - Wikipedia,

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentino_Pascucci

"Bellflower, California" - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"In the United States House of Representatives,
Bellflower is split between 38th and 40th congressional
districts, [14] which are represented by Linda Sánchez
( D– Lakewood ) and Lucille Roybal-Allard (D – Los
Angeles ), respectively. [15]..."

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellflower,_California

BELLFLOWER PRIEST IS AFRICAN:"Catholic Church running out of priests, importing from Africa, Asia" | WashingtonExaminer.com

The priest at St Bernard in Bellflower is African,or at least seems like it.
"...Maybe worse, the priest population is down 17 percent
since 1980. "The most serious decline was Europe, which
had a net loss of 78,090 priests during this period,
representing a 32 percent decline in this population,"
said the report..."

http://m.washingtonexaminer.com/catholic-church-running-out-of-priests-importing-from-africa-asia/article/2565511

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

holland-American store in Bellflower has a new location !

holland-American store in Bellflower has a new location !


i POST THIS HERE as a REMINDER of DUTCH HERITAGE re the INDO PROJECT 9 www.theIndoProject.org

i POST THIS HERE as a REMINDER of DUTCH HERITAGE, AND OUR CONNECTION to SOME of the INDONESIANS DUE TO THE COLONIZATION of a part of indonesia. I attended this Dutch-American festival recently in Long Beach, California (near bellflower's Dutch community) and was surprised to find several indonesian-dutch-american groups and individuals also celebrating their dutch-american heritage. I talked to a gal from the Indo Project about it and she informs me that a lot of her people speak or spoke Dutch just like our ancestors from the Netherlands. She was very nice and I felt a kinship with her based on this heritage as well.So let us remember our Indo-Dutch-American brothers & sisters as well when we celebrate our Dutch heritage. 

 re the INDO PROJECT 9 www.theIndoProject.org